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In passing, it might also be mentioned that the heavy blocks used as ammunition, striking at the walls, or falling within the walls, particularly given their size and shape, were useful, in filling and repairing breaches. - (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 41, Sentence #34)

Commonly, too, extra cordage, in containers sealed against moisture, would be on hand, to be emplaced when the time was opportune. Similarly, had they been more practiced in the craft to which they were addressing themselves, they might have availed themselves of more costly cordage, woven from, say, women's hair, which is stronger, more resilient, and more weather resistant than common cordage. In the sieges of tower cities on continental Gor, it is not unknown for free women to shear their hair, offering it for use in the defense of their city. In passing, it might also be mentioned that the heavy blocks used as ammunition, striking at the walls, or falling within the walls, particularly given their size and shape, were useful, in filling and repairing breaches. Carts were used to move them, and inclined planes and levers, to fit and place them. As of now, the twentieth day of the siege, no major assault, with a massed infantry, had been made on the walls. It seemed to be the enemy's belief that their artillery would so reduce the effectiveness of the walls at so many points that it would be pointless to risk the hazards of a scaling attack, in which the advantages would be so clearly on the side of the defenders. - (Avengers of Gor)