Among pastoral nomads, among whom a systematic use oftheir territory begins to appear, and therefore & more definiterelation between land and people, we find & more distinctnotion than among wandering hunters of territorial ownership,the right of communal use, and the distinct obligation ofcommon defense. Hence the social bond is drawn closer. Thenomad identifies himself with a certain district, which belongs to his tribe by tradition or conquest, and has its clearlydefined boundaries. Here he roams between its summer andwinter pastures, possibly one hundred and fifty miles apart,visits its small arable patches in the spring for hit limitedagricultural ventures, and returns to them in the fall to reaptheir meager hardest. Its springs, streams, or wells assumeenhanced value, are things to be fought for, owing to theprevailing aridity of summer; while ownership of a certaintract of desert or grassland carries with it a certain rightin the bordering settled district as an area of plunder?