Book 21. (1 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 26 | 620 | I relit the View more quotes about lamp">lamp with the lighter, or as the Goreans say "fire-maker," from my pouch. |
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Book 21. (7 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 26 | 617 | I then felt about for the lamp. |
| 26 | 618 | I located it almost immediately, and swirled it a bit. |
| 26 | 619 | There was a tiny bit of oil left in it. |
| 26 | 620 | I relit the lamp with the lighter, or as the Goreans say "fire-maker," from my pouch. |
| 26 | 621 | It is a standard flint-and-wheel device, with its tiny wick and reservoir. |
| 26 | 622 | Goreans do not smoke, of course, but, as they commonly use natural flame for cooking and light, they find such a device, and others like it, utilizing springs and pyrites, with cartridges of oil-saturated tinder moss, and such, of great utility. |
| 26 | 623 | The common sulfur match, on the other hand, so common on Earth, I have never met with on Gor. |
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I then felt about for the lamp.
I located it almost immediately, and swirled it a bit.
There was a tiny bit of oil left in it.
I relit the lamp with the lighter, or as the Goreans say "fire-maker," from my pouch.
It is a standard flint-and-wheel device, with its tiny wick and reservoir.
Goreans do not smoke, of course, but, as they commonly use natural flame for cooking and light, they find such a device, and others like it, utilizing springs and pyrites, with cartridges of oil-saturated tinder moss, and such, of great utility.
The common sulfur match, on the other hand, so common on Earth, I have never met with on Gor.
- (Mercenaries of Gor)