lizards were a source of many important things for the tribe. caught in mouthfuls and dried, their meat provided good traveling food. the skins could be removed carefully and stretched as pouches for edible seeds or bones that needed to be carried.

today he set out a half-dozen lizards upon a flat stone which baked beneath the eye of the sun. when they were arranged to his satisfaction, zoug grunted and retreated to the shade for a small time of dozing.