Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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Sentence #
Quote
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155
"Poles!" The poleman seized the poles, lowering them into the water.
16
156
One of the lamps sputtered out.
16
157
I heard screaming now, far off, then silence.
16
158
Because of the saline content of the water the salt shark, when not hunting, often swims half emerged from the fluid.
16
159
Its gills, like those of the lelt, are below and at the sides of his jaws.
16
160
This is a salt adaptation which conserves energy, which, otherwise, might be constantly expended in maintaining an attitude in which oxygenation can occur.
16
161
"I cannot touch the bottom," cried one of the men, in misery.
"Poles!" The poleman seized the poles, lowering them into the water.
One of the lamps sputtered out.
I heard screaming now, far off, then silence.
Because of the saline content of the water the salt shark, when not hunting, often swims half emerged from the fluid.
Its gills, like those of the lelt, are below and at the sides of his jaws.
This is a salt adaptation which conserves energy, which, otherwise, might be constantly expended in maintaining an attitude in which oxygenation can occur.
"I cannot touch the bottom," cried one of the men, in misery.
- (Tribesmen of Gor, Chapter )