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From: Mmohrfield_at_aol.com
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 09:51:09 EST

Simon Bray wrote
> I like the idea that they use the same system as the Polynesians. The
> Navigators of the Polynesians are highly respected and powerful people,
> especially thos of Tonga. They are so familiar with the ocean that they can
> navigate using only their normal senses.
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> I also like the idea of this skill because it has a better myhical
> basis than compasses etc.

Landlubber though I am, I'd like to put in a word in favor of compassess. The Haragalans have those suncopes, so I don't think that another techno-magical gadget would look out of place on their ships. Of course that only applies to the Haragalans, the other Islanders might use the polynesian method, and even the Haragalans might use it in addition to their compassess.

Mark Mohrfield

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