Book 17. (1 results) Savages of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 1120 | This is to be seized by the View more quotes about warrior">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. |
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Book 17. (7 results) Savages of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 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. |
| 1 | 1122 | It could be too easily grasped by an enemy on foot, with the result of perhaps impeding the movement of the kaiila or even causing it to twist and fall. |
| 1 | 1123 | Needless to say, it is extremely dangerous to fall from one's kaiila in hunting kailiauk, because one is often closely involved with numerous stampeding beasts, or the given beast one is pursuing may suddenly turn on one. |
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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.
It could be too easily grasped by an enemy on foot, with the result of perhaps impeding the movement of the kaiila or even causing it to twist and fall.
Needless to say, it is extremely dangerous to fall from one's kaiila in hunting kailiauk, because one is often closely involved with numerous stampeding beasts, or the given beast one is pursuing may suddenly turn on one.
- (Savages of Gor)