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In another stroke of lightning, I caught sight, again, of the swinging "grease bucket," it filled presumably with tar and tallow, hanging on its strap from the axle housing of the wagon ahead of me. - (Renegades of Gor, Chapter 1, Sentence #426)

The stripping of prisoners of war, if it is done, is generally a temporary matter, having to do with marking them out, as many Gorean soldiers, particularly mercenaries, do not have distinctive uniforms, and preventing the concealment of weapons. Whether the slave is clothed or not is at the discretion of the master. In the houses of slavers and in slave markets, beautiful women, for example, are almost always kept nude. In another stroke of lightning, I caught sight, again, of the swinging "grease bucket," it filled presumably with tar and tallow, hanging on its strap from the axle housing of the wagon ahead of me. I thought the brigands, all things considered, would be just as happy to go south to a work gang. Perhaps, in time, they would even be released, in two or three years perhaps, when it was thought they had earned out several times their purchase cost, and if it were thought they had been exemplary prisoners, hard-working and suitably docile. Because of the storm, the rain and wind, another method of dealing with such fellows had not been suggested back there on the road, but it is not unknown. - (Renegades of Gor)