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the Garamantes, the Pharusians, and the Nigritae. ^note Still farther north are the Gaetuli. Close to the sea, and adjoining it next Egypt, and as far as the Cyrenaic, dwell the Marmaridae. ^note Above ^note the Cyrenaic and the Syrtes ^note are the Psylli and Nasamones, ^note and certain of the Gaetuli; and after them the Asbystae ^note and Byzacii, ^note as far as Carthage. Carthage is vast. Adjoining it are the Numidae ^note ;of these people the tribes best known to us are called the Masylies and the Masuaesylii. The most westerly are the Maurusians. ^note The whole land, from Carthage to the Pillars of Hercules, is fertile. Nevertheless it abounds in wild beasts no less than the interior; and it does not seem improbable that the cause why the name of Nomades, ^note or Wanderers, was bestowed on certain of these people originated in their not being able anciently to devote themselves to husbandry on account of the wild beasts. At the present day, when they are well skilled in hunting, and are besides assisted by the Romans in their rage for the spectacle of fights with beasts, they are both masters of the beasts and of husbandry. This finishes what we have to say on the continents. 34

It now remains for us to speak of the climata. ^note Of