20 TILLEKS OF THE GEOUND CHAP. 



imagine the hot sun, the salt, the want of water. 

 We might even imagine the ugly horned toad that 

 lives in those wastes grinning at the arrant folly of 

 mankind imagining that he can make a living 

 in that dreary country. Perhaps he even discusses 



Fia. 5. Building a House in the Desert in anticipation of Water. 



the question with his friend the poisonous lizard, 

 another ugly creature found in the region. 



But wait a bit and we shall see if the laugh is 

 with man or the toad. Look afc the other pictures 

 (Figs. 6, 13). " Give me water," says the man, " and 

 my cattle shall stand knee-deep in luxuriant fodder 

 where now you sun yourself in the sand. My orange 



