Note 74 — Chapter III · PASTORAL TRIBES.
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Geoffroy speaks of settled tribes being in some way the vassals of the Larbas. The ksours are buildings in which the nomads preserve their corn, dates and wool; these stores are guarded by settled tribes, that permanently live there and receive one tenth of the preserved stock yearly. The nomads look upon all settled tribes as degenerate beings and inferiors74. Here we have to deal with a voluntary division of labour, rather than with subjection.