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I now suspected the meaning of the signal smoke near the bow of the round ship, and why she had recalled her longboat, had swung about and unfurled her sail. - (Swordsmen of Gor, Chapter 5, Sentence #399)

And so, I thought, perhaps in the northern forests, I might try my hand at "blind kaissa". I would return to the hut of Pertinax. It was at this time that I, facing the sea, looked to my left, several hundred yards down the beach, and, too, several yards out to sea. I now suspected the meaning of the signal smoke near the bow of the round ship, and why she had recalled her longboat, had swung about and unfurled her sail. Presumably, her lookout had espied, far to her starboard, another sail. Gorean ships seldom approach one another, and when they do, it is likely that one or both have piracy or war on their mind. Yesterday I had gathered from Pertinax that ships, perhaps several, had come to the local shores, and disembarked fellows of a sort whose acquaintance he was not eager to make. - (Swordsmen of Gor)