Quotespartfive

"Mintar relaxed on the cushions and seemed pleased. I realized,
to my amusement, that he had been afraid that some particle of his
investment might have been sacrificed. He would have had a man killed
rather than risk the loss of a tenth of a tarn disk, so well he knew the codes of his caste."
( Tarnsman of Gor pg. 121 )

"I removed one of the heavy granite blocks of stone, building stone,
rectangular, some six inches by six inches, by eighteen inches, form
the tiered pile of stones. It was building stone brought in by a quarry
galley several weeks ago. The intended purchaser had defaulted on his
contract and the stone was to be stored over the winter, beside the quarry warehouse,
until the following spring, when it was to be auctioned. In the spring prices tend
to be highest on such materials."
( Rogue of Gor pg. 249 )

"My four commercial voyages had been among the exchange islands,
or free islands, in Thassa, administered as free ports by members of the
merchants. There were several such islands. Three, which I encountered
frequently in my voyages, were Teletus, and south of it, Tabor, named for the
drum, which it resembles, and, to the north, among the northern islands, Scagnar.
Others were Farnacium, Hulneth and Asperiche. I did not go as far south as Anango
or Ianda, or as far north as Hunjer or Skjern, west of Torvaldsland. These islands,
with occasional free ports on the coast, north and south of the Gorean equator, such
as Lydius and Helmutsport and Schendi and Bazi, make possible the commerce between
Cos and Tyros, and the mainland, and its cities, such as Ko-ro-ba, Thentis, Tor, Ar,
Turia, and many others. On these voyages my cargos were varied. I did not, however,
in this early period, because of the cost, purchase cargos of great value. Accordingly I
did not carry, in these first voyages, any abundance of precious metals or jewels; nor
did I carry rugs or tapestries, or medicines, or silks, or ointments, or perfumes, or prize
slaves, or spices or canisters of colored table salts. In these first voyages, I was, content,
quite, to carry tools and stone, dried fruit, dried fish, bolts of rep-cloth, tem wood, Tur wood
and Ka-la-na stock, and horn and hides. I did once carry, however, a hold of chained slaves, and
another time, a hold filled with the furs of the northern sea sleen. The latter cargo was the most
valuable carried in these first voyages."
( Raiders of Gor pg. 137--138 )

"I take him to be a merchant captain, said a man near me. I nodded.
The conjecture was intelligent. The fellow wore the white and gold of the
merchant, beneath a seaman's aba. It was not likely that a merchant would
wear that garment unless he were entitled to it. Goreans are particular about
such matters. Doubtless he owned and captained his own vessel."
( Explorers of Gor pg. 43 )

"One thing about Hurtha. He thought highly of his poems.
He did not let them go for nothing. They were not cheap. He maintained
his standards. Still, it seemed that a silver tarsk was a high price to pay for
a poem, even if it were as good as one of Hurtha's, particularly one had to copy oneself."
Mercenaries of Gor pg. 113

"Do you have a witnessed, certified document attesting to the alleged contents
of your purse? I asked. Too, was the purse closed with an imprinted seal, its
number corresponding to the registration number of the certification
document? .... This document seems a bit old, I said. Doubtless it is
no longer current, no longer an effective legal instrument. As you can see, it is dated two weeks ago." Mercenaries of Gor pg. 86

"Surely, I said to Boots Tarsk-Bit, your players have taken in a sliver tarsk? No, he said.
We have, so far tonight, taken in only ninety- seven tarsk-bits, not even ten copper tarsks.
Coinage on Gor varies considerably from city to city. In Port Kar, and generally in the
Vosk Basin, there are ten tarsk bits to a copper tarsk and one hundred copper tarsks to a silver tarsk."
( Players of Gor pg. 59 )