. Europe and other continents . The buffalo in Egypt, one of the many nativeanimals that have been domesticated bynatural races. THE HUMAN RACE 81 led to the domestication of many animals, it is the herderswho have come to take care of them most people who make grazing their occupation find itnecessary to roam about with their herds in search ofgrass, and are therefore called nomads or wanderers. Theynaturally show preference for the open plains. Why? The life of the nomad tends to make him restless, self-reliant, and warlike, while that of the farmer is peaceful. Each. Fig. 64
. Europe and other continents . The buffalo in Egypt, one of the many nativeanimals that have been domesticated bynatural races. THE HUMAN RACE 81 led to the domestication of many animals, it is the herderswho have come to take care of them most people who make grazing their occupation find itnecessary to roam about with their herds in search ofgrass, and are therefore called nomads or wanderers. Theynaturally show preference for the open plains. Why? The life of the nomad tends to make him restless, self-reliant, and warlike, while that of the farmer is peaceful. Each. Fig. of the boats in use in Burma in southern Asia. class is capable of development to a certain extent, althoughin different ways; but the best character comes from a unionof the two natures. Fortunately this union has often beeneffected, though at cost of many human lives. Agriculturalpeople have been much exposed to the raids of nomads, whohad little to lose and much to gain by such war. In con-sequence most agricultural races have become mixed withnomadic people; for the latter have often conquered wholesections of agricultural country. Tor example, the Chineseare an agricultural race who have been influenced in thismanner; and nomadic hordes from Asia made many incursionsinto Europe in early days. 82 GENERAL GEOGRAPHY Development of Fishing. — A third direction .in whichnatural races have made progress is by contact with thesea. To obtain food from the sea, boats were needed (); and when men had come to use them with skill, theywere able to explore regions beyond t
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