"The highest mountains on Earth," barren, white-soiled, where nothing grows except for wormwood and the herb called *al-harad*. From the height of this mountain, the author of the Book of Wonders states that clouds rain below it but do not reach its summit. Following this land is the desert of Nisra, which we have mentioned before. Travelers enter Audaghost, Ghana, and other lands through it, as we have said. This desert has few inhabitants and little water. Water is found in known wells, including the well of Nisra, which we mentioned takes 14 days to traverse with no water or trace of it, and is famous for this. In this desert, known as the desert of Nisra, there are many large ostriches with thick bodies. The Sudanese hunt them, preserve their heads, and use them for throwing. They cook them with salt, water, and fat and eat them, considering them the most delicious ostrich meat they eat. Travelers traverse this desert in the autumn. The method of travel is to load their camels in the last part of the night and travel until the sun rises and its light intensifies, and the heat on the ground becomes severe. Then they unload their burdens, water their camels, set up their belongings, and shelter themselves under shades to protect them from the midday heat and the desert winds. They continue this until the early afternoon. When the sun begins to decline and set in the west, they depart and travel the rest of their day, continuing until nightfall. They make camp wherever they find a place and spend the rest of their night until the last part of the dawn, then they depart. Thus, the journey of merchants entering the lands of this...