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“Thank you, I would like to visit I like fish, and I like to catch the, I learned to catch fish withhers, which were still held by Brameval

“Now that, I would like to see,” he said as he let go

The woman leader stepped forward “I would like to introduce our donier, the Zelandoni of River Place,” she said “He was not here last night, either” She glanced at Brameval, raised her eyebrows, and added, “The Eleventh Cave is known forthe rafts that are used to travel up and down The River It’s much easier to transport heavy loads on a raft than on the backs of people If you are interested, you are welcome to come and visit”

“I would beriver craft,” Ayla said, trying to remember if they had been introduced and what her na bowl out of thick hides fastened to a wooden fras across rivers On our way here, Jondalar and I h, and the sht, it was hard to control When we attached it to Whinney’s pole drag, it was better”

“I don’t understand ‘winnies pole drag’ What does that mean?” the leader of the Eleventh Cave asked

“Whinney is the na up and co was devised by Ayla She can tell you what it is”

Ayla described the conveyance and added, “With it Whinney could helpthe animals I hunted back to my shelter I’ll show you sometime”

“When we reached the other side of that river,” Jondalar added, “we decided to attach the bowl boat to the poles instead of the woven platfors in it That e crossed rivers, the boat would float and nothing got wet, and attached to the poles, it was easier to control”

“Rafts can be a little hard to control, too,” the woman leader said “I think all watercraft must be hard to control”

“Some are easier than others On my Journey, I stayed for a while with the Sharae tree trunks The front and back come to points, and they use oars to steer theo It takes practice, but the Raood at it,” Jondalar said

“What are oars?”

“Oars look so like flattened spoons, and they use theh the water I helped to make one of their boats and learned to use oars”

“Do you think they would work better than the long poles we use to push the rafts through the water?”

“This talking about boats can, be very interesting, Kareja,” theHe was shorter than the woht of build “But I haven’t been introduced yet I think I’d better do it htly, but made no comment When Ayla heard her name, she recalled that they had been introduced

“I am Zelandoni of the Eleventh Cave of the Zelandonii, also known as River Place In the name of Doni, Great Earth Mother, I welcohter of the Ma out his hands