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Also to Aswan, about 15 days, and from the city of Jeneina to the city of Zeila, which is on the coast of the land of Kufsha, about 14 stages. The city of Zeila is on the coast of the Salt Sea, which is connected to the world. The end of this sea is all storms, connected to Bab al-Mandab. Large ships do not cross it, and small ships may dare to cross it, and the winds snatch them away and destroy them. From Zeila to the coast of Yemen, 3 majar, estimated journey. The city of Zeila is small in diameter, with many people, and travelers to it are many. Most of the ships of the Red Sea reach this city with various kinds of trade that are traded in the land of Kufsha. Slaves and fodder come out of it, but gold is scarce in it. Its people drink from wells, their clothing is loincloths, and their beliefs are Sufism and work. From the city of Zeila to the city of Manfu'a, 5 days by sea, and by sea less than that. It is met in the return by a town called Maljun, and between them are 13 stages on land. From Manfu'a to Antut, 4 days by sea, and it is on the coast in the south. Travel to it is in small boats that do not carry much cargo because this sea, from the direction of the land of Abyssinia, is all reefs connected, and caravans do not travel on it as we have described. The city of Antut is small, not large, and not with many inhabitants. Most of it is houses, and its wealth is little. Their food is mostly millet and barley, and their fish is abundant and their catch is plentiful. As for the majority of its people, they live from the shells that form in those sea storms, which they own and preserve as their food. From the city of Antut to Badali, 4 days. Badali is a very small city, like a gathering village, not walled, but it is on a sandy hill, and between it and the sea is about a stone's throw. Its wealth is little, and few travel from it, and few travelers enter it due to its narrowness.