Book 17. (1 results) Savages of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 15 | 15 | The View more quotes about common">common smoke signal is produced by placing greenery, such as branches, leaves or grass, on a fire. |
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Book 17. (7 results) Savages of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 15 | 12 | The code in mirror signals, conveyed by the pacing and number of flashes, is very similar to that of the smoke signals. |
| 15 | 13 | The signals, incidentally, are not a substitution cipher, for the languages of the red savages, not being written languages, in any conventional sense, do not have a standardized alphabet or syllabary. |
| 15 | 14 | The signals, of which there are some fifty or sixty, have conventionalized meanings, such as 'We are Kaiila', 'Who are you?', 'Go back', 'We have counted coup' and 'We are returning to camp'. |
| 15 | 15 | The common smoke signal is produced by placing greenery, such as branches, leaves or grass, on a fire. |
| 15 | 16 | The smoke produced is then regulated in its ascent by the action of a robe or blanket, the manner of its releasing being a function of the conventions involved. |
| 15 | 17 | At night such signals can be conveyed by the number and placement of fires, or by a single fire, alternately revealed and concealed by the action, again, of a robe or blanket. |
| 15 | 18 | Other common signaling methods, incidentally, involve such things as the use of dust cast into the air, the movement of robes and the motions imparted to a kaiila. |
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The code in mirror signals, conveyed by the pacing and number of flashes, is very similar to that of the smoke signals.
The signals, incidentally, are not a substitution cipher, for the languages of the red savages, not being written languages, in any conventional sense, do not have a standardized alphabet or syllabary.
The signals, of which there are some fifty or sixty, have conventionalized meanings, such as 'We are Kaiila', 'Who are you?', 'Go back', 'We have counted coup' and 'We are returning to camp'.
The common smoke signal is produced by placing greenery, such as branches, leaves or grass, on a fire.
The smoke produced is then regulated in its ascent by the action of a robe or blanket, the manner of its releasing being a function of the conventions involved.
At night such signals can be conveyed by the number and placement of fires, or by a single fire, alternately revealed and concealed by the action, again, of a robe or blanket.
Other common signaling methods, incidentally, involve such things as the use of dust cast into the air, the movement of robes and the motions imparted to a kaiila.
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