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We wiggled our way out of the dense crowd, though many had dispersed since the spectacle had ended. Our path found us along the uneven shore where stood the smaller docks that led up to the city proper. A few of the anchorages had been created with huge stones and overlaid with boards, while an even smaller number had been hung from boulders that had lain along the waters since time immemorial.
The carving must have been done many centuries ago, for the edges of the stones were ground smooth by time and weather, and many of them were chipped and had pieces broken off. They were less used than the other docks, being not very far from land. Some of them even stood like loading platforms.
The waters lapped gently against the busy shoreline, but here and there were spots where white s
