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is to be compared with similar belts round the Australian 

 desert, especially on the northern side, and with the 

 southern margins of the Afghan and Indian deserts. 

 Such regions are naturally passage ways: the number 

 of wells and water-holes increases as the desert is left 

 behind; yet cultivation remains localized in a very 



Fig 80. Open Brush — Nigeria. 



few and small areas. The tending of sheep, camels, 

 and half-wild cattle is the main occupation of the 

 nomad populations. 



Sudanese Savaua. The savana is one of the most 

 widespread landscapes of Africa: it extends in an 

 uninterrupted belt around the great forest region, from 

 Senegal to the Egyptian Sudan, thence over the region 



