Text Appearing Before Image: naturally varies in accordance with environ-ment. In the desert (Bushmen, Tuareg) and in the heart of theforest (Pygmy) man is nomadic ; in the less dense portions of theforest he is settled and agricultural; in the parkland he adds thecare of cattle to that of his fields (except where natural checkssuch as the tsetse-fly occur), or is entirely pastoral and thereforesemi-nomadic. To speak very generally, the following differencesexist between the cultures respectively of forest (and its borders)and parkland. Among the forest jDeoples clothing is made ofvegetable substances; the bow is the chief weajion and its stringis of fibre or cane; basket-work belongs to the woven type;rectangular houses are found. Among the inhabitants of theparkland, clothing is made of skins ; where the bow is found, thestring is of sinew ; the spear is the chief weapon ; basket-workbelongs to the coiled type and houses are circular. Large statesor confederations of tribes have developed in the parkland or on Text Appearing After Image: Fig. 163.—Types of African shields, a. Buduma tiibe, L. Chad (wood >h. Azandeh tribe, NE. Congo Free State (wicker), c. Momfu tribe, NECongo Free State (wicker), d. Zuhi-Xosa tribes, S. Africa (hide), e.BaGanda tribe, Uganda Protectorate (wood covered with wicker). /. BaNo-alatribe. Upper Congo (wicker), g. Tuareg, Sahara (hide), h. Acholi tribeUganda Protectorate (hide), i. Mangbetu tribe, NE. Congo Free State (wood^
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