Book 10. (1 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 5 | 289 | Nomads sometime dig View more quotes about stones">stones before dawn, clean them, set them out, and, later, lick the moisture from them. |
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Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 5 | 286 | Dew had formed on the large flat stones thereabouts and, in the light of the dawn, had made them, from a distance, seem to glint like silver. |
| 5 | 287 | Dew, incidentally, is quite common in the Tahari, condensing on the stones during the chilly nights. |
| 5 | 288 | It burns off, of course, almost immediately in the morning. |
| 5 | 289 | Nomads sometime dig stones before dawn, clean them, set them out, and, later, lick the moisture from them. |
| 5 | 290 | One cannot pay the water debt, of course, with the spoonful or so of moisture obtainable in this way. |
| 5 | 291 | It does, however, wet the lips and tongue. |
| 5 | 292 | "If there are so many Kavars about," I said, "and Ta'Kara, you do not have enough men to defend this caravan". |
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Dew had formed on the large flat stones thereabouts and, in the light of the dawn, had made them, from a distance, seem to glint like silver.
Dew, incidentally, is quite common in the Tahari, condensing on the stones during the chilly nights.
It burns off, of course, almost immediately in the morning.
Nomads sometime dig stones before dawn, clean them, set them out, and, later, lick the moisture from them.
One cannot pay the water debt, of course, with the spoonful or so of moisture obtainable in this way.
It does, however, wet the lips and tongue.
"If there are so many Kavars about," I said, "and Ta'Kara, you do not have enough men to defend this caravan".
- (Tribesmen of Gor)