New geographies . Fig. 8. — a Domad of the desert. FOOn, CLOTHING, AND SHELTER 9 the sun shines brightly. Figure 9shows the kind of clothing that is strange covering for the head iscalled a turban. It protects the headagainst the sun and the fine sand thatis driven about by the winds. Although the weather is hot duringthe day, it becomes rapidly cooler as soon while to build such houses, when theymight be used only a few days. Likethe Eskimos in summer, therefore, thenomads live in tents (Fig. 7) that caneasily be taken down, carried about, andset up again. The skins of animals,or bla
New geographies . Fig. 8. — a Domad of the desert. FOOn, CLOTHING, AND SHELTER 9 the sun shines brightly. Figure 9shows the kind of clothing that is strange covering for the head iscalled a turban. It protects the headagainst the sun and the fine sand thatis driven about by the winds. Although the weather is hot duringthe day, it becomes rapidly cooler as soon while to build such houses, when theymight be used only a few days. Likethe Eskimos in summer, therefore, thenomads live in tents (Fig. 7) that caneasily be taken down, carried about, andset up again. The skins of animals,or blankets that the nomads weave, areused as covering for the Fig. 9. —A street in a town on an oasis in northern Africa. Notice the house made of sun-dried clay. as the sun sets, and the nights are quitechilly. On account of the cool nightsthese people need much more clothingthan the Negroes, and they must sleepunder heavy blankets. Their herdssupply plenty of wool for cloth; andother materials for clothing are broughtby the caravans. The people living on the oases remainin one place, building houses of sun-driedWhy the nomads mud or clay (Fig. 9). Butlive in tents m^d huts are not suited tothe nomads. It would not be worth We have now learned some facts aboutthe Negroes in Central Africa, about theEskimos, the people of the ^^^^^ ^^^desert, and ourselves. From clothing, andwhat has been said it is plain shelter dependthat people do not have theirown way fully in choosing what theyshall eat and wear, and the kind ofhouses they shall have. These dependvery much upon the amount of heat andrain. In which of these sections is theretoo little rain
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