and its carpenter's workshop in the south. The country's mills and the sea are there. It has a port in the valley, and in it are the construction and aid from which they go to all directions. The city itself is well-formed, with organized markets. Its inhabitants are Arabs from Yemen and elsewhere, who speak clear Western Arabic and compose poetry. They are the owners of their lands. The people of this country are extremely generous, unmatched by their neighbors. Its city is Sela, in the region of Shanshin, a region with abundant figs. It carries to the west, and it is a delicious and desirable fodder. From its city, Sela, to Batlyus are 10 stages. From Sela to the fortress of Marthah are 4 days. From Marthah to the fortress of Wulbah are two easy stages. From the city of Sela to Hadhf al-Zawiyah is 20 miles, and it is a port and a large river. From there to the village of Shifresh, near the sea, is 18 miles. From there to the western tip, which is a tip extending into the Great Sea, is 12 miles. From there to the church of "al-Ghurab" are 10 miles. This church has remained unchanged from day to day. It has endowments that are given as charity, and miracles that are carried by those who visit it today. It is located in a bay extending into the sea, and at the head of the church are ten pillars, the origin of which no one knows, nor when they disappeared. The priests of the church tell strange stories about these pillars, which the listener finds hard to believe. No one passing by can leave without eating from the church's hospitality, a mandatory and permanent custom. They do not move from it or change from it; it is an inherited tradition from ancestors, a common and permanent practice. The church itself is a thriving church.