Book 10. (1 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 448 | The trench, of View more quotes about course">course, is always dug with its long axis perpendicular to the path of the sun, that it provide the maximum shade for the longest period of time. |
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Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 445 | Only a foot or two below the surface, these temperatures are reduced by more than fifty degrees. |
| 1 | 446 | The trench provides, most importantly, shade from the sun. |
| 1 | 447 | The air temperature is seldom more than 140 degrees in the shade, even in the dune country. |
| 1 | 448 | The trench, of course, is always dug with its long axis perpendicular to the path of the sun, that it provide the maximum shade for the longest period of time. |
| 1 | 449 | One does not, alone, without water, move on the sands during the day. |
| 1 | 450 | Interestingly, because of the lack of surface water, the nights, the sun gone, are cool, even chilly at times. |
| 1 | 451 | One would, thus, if not in caravan, move at night. |
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Only a foot or two below the surface, these temperatures are reduced by more than fifty degrees.
The trench provides, most importantly, shade from the sun.
The air temperature is seldom more than 140 degrees in the shade, even in the dune country.
The trench, of course, is always dug with its long axis perpendicular to the path of the sun, that it provide the maximum shade for the longest period of time.
One does not, alone, without water, move on the sands during the day.
Interestingly, because of the lack of surface water, the nights, the sun gone, are cool, even chilly at times.
One would, thus, if not in caravan, move at night.
- (Tribesmen of Gor)