Book 11. (7 results) Slave Girl of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 78 | He was View more quotes about high">high above the deck. |
| 22 | 79 | He stood, barefoot, on the lookout platform, high on the tall, single mast, well above the long yard and the billowing, triangular sail; the lookout platform is a wooden disk, fixed on the mast; his hands were on a ring, also encircling the mast. |
| 22 | 80 | "Where away?" called an officer, on the high deck, whipping out a small telescope. |
| 22 | 81 | "Schendi half ship!" called the man. |
| 22 | 82 | The new vessel was abeam on our port side. |
| 22 | 83 | Sailors of Cos usually refer to the left side of the ship by the port of destination and the right side of the ship by the port of registration; this alters, of course, when the ports of destination and registration are the same; in that case the sailors of Cos customarily refer to the left side of the ship as the "harbor side," the right side of the ship normally continuing to be designated as before, by reference to the port of registration. |
| 22 | 84 | This sort of thing occasionally presents problems in translation between Gorean and English. |
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He was high above the deck.
He stood, barefoot, on the lookout platform, high on the tall, single mast, well above the long yard and the billowing, triangular sail; the lookout platform is a wooden disk, fixed on the mast; his hands were on a ring, also encircling the mast.
"Where away?" called an officer, on the high deck, whipping out a small telescope.
"Schendi half ship!" called the man.
The new vessel was abeam on our port side.
Sailors of Cos usually refer to the left side of the ship by the port of destination and the right side of the ship by the port of registration; this alters, of course, when the ports of destination and registration are the same; in that case the sailors of Cos customarily refer to the left side of the ship as the "harbor side," the right side of the ship normally continuing to be designated as before, by reference to the port of registration.
This sort of thing occasionally presents problems in translation between Gorean and English.
- (Slave Girl of Gor)