Book 31. (1 results) Conspirators of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 12 | 7 | This View more quotes about difference">difference takes place over generations, as right-handed persons tend to brace the right hand on the rim while leaning over to drink, and left-handed persons tend to place their weight on the left hand as they lean forward to drink. |
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Book 31. (7 results) Conspirators of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 12 | 4 | As an animal I was permitted to drink only from the lower basin, but there was no difficulty in filling the buckets in the upper basin, and we invariably did so, as it was deeper and fresher. |
| 12 | 5 | The water entered the fountain through eight spouts, oriented to the eight major points of the Gorean compass. |
| 12 | 6 | Below each spout, on the adjacent stone rim, there are two shallow depressions, or worn areas, the one on the right deeper than that on the left. |
| 12 | 7 | This difference takes place over generations, as right-handed persons tend to brace the right hand on the rim while leaning over to drink, and left-handed persons tend to place their weight on the left hand as they lean forward to drink. |
| 12 | 8 | Similar worn places do not appear on the lower rim as slaves, sleen, kaiila, and such, are expected to drink while on all fours. |
| 12 | 9 | The water is brought in from the Voltai Mountains, or Red Mountains, which at that time I had not seen, far north and east of Ar, by means of long, towering aqueducts, most of which are more than seven hundred pasangs long. |
| 12 | 10 | The Builders, the "Yellow Caste," one of the five castes commonly regarded as high castes, engineered these remarkable constructions, and are charged with their supervision, upkeep, and repair. |
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As an animal I was permitted to drink only from the lower basin, but there was no difficulty in filling the buckets in the upper basin, and we invariably did so, as it was deeper and fresher.
The water entered the fountain through eight spouts, oriented to the eight major points of the Gorean compass.
Below each spout, on the adjacent stone rim, there are two shallow depressions, or worn areas, the one on the right deeper than that on the left.
This difference takes place over generations, as right-handed persons tend to brace the right hand on the rim while leaning over to drink, and left-handed persons tend to place their weight on the left hand as they lean forward to drink.
Similar worn places do not appear on the lower rim as slaves, sleen, kaiila, and such, are expected to drink while on all fours.
The water is brought in from the Voltai Mountains, or Red Mountains, which at that time I had not seen, far north and east of Ar, by means of long, towering aqueducts, most of which are more than seven hundred pasangs long.
The Builders, the "Yellow Caste," one of the five castes commonly regarded as high castes, engineered these remarkable constructions, and are charged with their supervision, upkeep, and repair.
- (Conspirators of Gor)