Book 17. (1 results) Savages of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 1118 | A child is View more quotes about often">often put on kaiilaback, its tiny hands clutching the silken neck, before it can walk. |
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Book 17. (7 results) Savages of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 1115 | In this type of combat, incidentally, it is not unusual for the warrior to shield himself behind the body of his racing kaiila, and, circling the enemy, rise up, suddenly, to fire over the animal's back or, sometimes, from beneath its neck. |
| 1 | 1116 | A heel over the animal's back and a fist in its silken neck hair, or an arm thrust through a leather throat loop, provide the leverage needed for these feats. |
| 1 | 1117 | To be sure, these folk are superb riders. |
| 1 | 1118 | A child is often put on kaiilaback, its tiny hands clutching the silken neck, before it can walk. |
| 1 | 1119 | Sometimes a strap dangles back for a few feet from the throat loop. |
| 1 | 1120 | This is to be seized by the warrior who may have been struck from his mount, either to recapture the beast or, using the strap, being pulled along, with the momentum of the racing steed, to vault again to its back. |
| 1 | 1121 | This strap, incidentally, is used more often in hunting than in warfare. |
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In this type of combat, incidentally, it is not unusual for the warrior to shield himself behind the body of his racing kaiila, and, circling the enemy, rise up, suddenly, to fire over the animal's back or, sometimes, from beneath its neck.
A heel over the animal's back and a fist in its silken neck hair, or an arm thrust through a leather throat loop, provide the leverage needed for these feats.
To be sure, these folk are superb riders.
A child is often put on kaiilaback, its tiny hands clutching the silken neck, before it can walk.
Sometimes a strap dangles back for a few feet from the throat loop.
This is to be seized by the warrior who may have been struck from his mount, either to recapture the beast or, using the strap, being pulled along, with the momentum of the racing steed, to vault again to its back.
This strap, incidentally, is used more often in hunting than in warfare.
- (Savages of Gor)