They cultivate it. The most common crop among the Zaghawa is millet, and wheat may be brought to them from the lands of Warflan and elsewhere. To the north, eight stages from the territory of the Sa'wa tribe, lies a ruined city called Tabarnata. It was once a famous city, but it is said that the sand overcame its dwellings until they crumbled, and its waters until they dried up, and its inhabitants diminished. In this age, only remnants of people remain, clinging to their homes in the ruins, out of affection for their homeland. To the north of this city is a mountain called Ghurgha. The author of the Book of Wonders recounts that it contains ants the size of sparrows, which are the sustenance of large snakes that inhabit this mountain. It is said that these snakes are of little harm, and the Sudanese go to this mountain to hunt them and eat them, as we have mentioned before. From the city of Tabarnata to the city of Tirfi in the land of Wana'ara, it is seventeen stages. The land of the Zaghawa is a land of plains, and in it are the city of Jarama and the city of Tasawe. The Sudanese call Tasawe "Little Jarama." These two cities are close to each other, separated by about a stage or less. They are equal in size and population. Their water comes from wells, and they have date palms. They cultivate millet and barley and irrigate them with a device they call an "anatafed," which is called a "khatara" in the Maghreb. They have a silver mine in a mountain called Jabal Jurjis, but its yield is small. Those who seek it have abandoned its work and extraction. From Tasawe to this mine is about three stages. From the city of Tasawe to a tribe of Berbers in the east...