Bryan Newell wrote: ... > Sethra Lavode pg 303-305 - > "Morrolan was more than a little startled to discover, upon returning to > Castle Black, that it was only a little past the hour of noon ... He was > still attempting to calculate an explanation for the odd behaviour of the > Furnace, which he could tell (being above the Enclouding) was far higher in > the sky than it ought to be ... He was greeted by Lady Teldra" > > M - "how can it already be late afternoon in Blackchapel, and just barely > noon here?" > T - "Well, my lord, you must remember that Blackchapel is east of > us--considerably east of us. You cannot have forgotten how many leagues > west we journeyed, in addition to no few leagues south." > M - "And so, if it is east--" > T - "Then dawn occurs there before it occurs here." > ... > T - "My lord, this fact is well known among the Orca--that is, those Orca > who sail. When they sail eastward, the day starts and ends noticeably > sooner; sailing west, when wind and currents permit, why, the day becomes > longer after starting later." > M - "What accounts for such a thing?" > T - "There are many theories, my lord, that account for it, but, so far as I > know, none have been proven." > ... > M - "Are there calculations that explain how a certain number of leagues of > easting will result in day beginning so much earlier?" > T - "Well, yes, my lord, but traveling north and south also has some > effect." > ... > T - "I have heard ... That among Orca who take long voyages to the south, > such as trading expeditions to Landsight, when one travels far enough south, > it is just as if one were traveling north." [Landsight is in the southern > hemisphere] > ... > T - "I will find the tables and charts that explain it, my lord, and I will > have them put in the library so that you may look at them at your leisure." > > > Bryan This would appear to give us an idea of the size of the planet. From Bryan's map (an distances quoted in various sources) it would appear that Morrolan traveled between 600 and 1000 miles west and noticed about a 5 (out of 30) hour change in the sun. This would put the circumferance of Dragaera at about 3600 to 6000 miles, much smaller than the Earth. -- John Oliver