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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)

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12 186 Most View more quotes about interestingly">interestingly to me were the cots in the area, of which there were several.
12 187 These cots were mostly improvised, walled with rope nets strung between trees, and, too, large, heavy poles, doubtless from local trees, trimmed of bark and branches.
12 188 Rope netting is used rather than wire to protect the birds.
12 189 Tarn wire, for example, sometimes used to "roof a city," to defend it from tarn attack, is almost invisible, and can easily cut the wing from a descending bird.
12 190 A lighter form of wire is called "slave wire," and it, too, is dangerous.
12 191 A slave attempting to escape through such wire is likely to be found suspended within it, piteously begging for help, half cut to pieces.
12 192 Two of the cots were large and conical.
Most interestingly to me were the cots in the area, of which there were several. These cots were mostly improvised, walled with rope nets strung between trees, and, too, large, heavy poles, doubtless from local trees, trimmed of bark and branches. Rope netting is used rather than wire to protect the birds. Tarn wire, for example, sometimes used to "roof a city," to defend it from tarn attack, is almost invisible, and can easily cut the wing from a descending bird. A lighter form of wire is called "slave wire," and it, too, is dangerous. A slave attempting to escape through such wire is likely to be found suspended within it, piteously begging for help, half cut to pieces. Two of the cots were large and conical. - (Swordsmen of Gor)