They became similar, and they resembled the Zaghawa in all their ways, and became one of their kinds. Their ruler is their refuge in whatever they need, in their sales and purchases. And among the cities of Zaghawa is Shama, which is a small city resembling a congregational village, and its people at this time are few. Most of its people have moved to the city of Kuku, and between them is a distance of 19 stages. The people of Shama drink milk, and their water is from shepherds. Their sustenance is from fresh meat and game. The *ahnash* (wild animals) they hunt a lot and cook them after skinning them and cutting off their heads and tails, and then they eat them. War never leaves these people, but rather it is present among them and they are famous for it. By it, the Zaghawa are known throughout the land and the tribes of the Sudan. If they did not eat *ahnash*, they would be afflicted with leprosy. They are naked, covering their private parts only with tanned skins of camels and donkeys. They have in these skins with which they cover themselves various kinds of adornment and types of decoration, by which they are distinguished. In the highest part of their land, they have a mountain called Jabal Munia, which is very high and difficult to ascend. Its soil and dust are white and loose. At its summit is a cave that no one approaches except to perish. It is said that there is a large snake in it that swallows anyone who crosses its path without knowing it. The people of that region avoid that cave. The origin of this mountain is from flowing waters that emerge and run not far away, then they stop. And there is a tribe called Sa'u, from the tribes of Zaghawa. They are a nomadic people, and camels are abundant among them, good at producing offspring. They weave mats from their wool, and the houses they inhabit and dwell in, and they utilize their milk and ghee, and they subsist on their meat. Vegetables are few among them, and they cultivate them.