The shy hairy men who herd the tractile flocks might be, except for some added clothing, the very brethren of David.

"A kyree-they're a little like wolves, only bigger; they also have some of the physical characteristics of the big grass-cats, re- tractile claws, that sort of thing.

Some eight thousand (being late conquest) was liquid and actually tractile in the bank; the rest whirled beyond reach and even sight (save in the mirror of a balance-sheet) under the compelling spell of wizard Pinkerton.