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They take grape juice and boil it over a fire until a third of it evaporates. It is then removed from the fire, cooled, and drunk. Nothing is added to it except water mixed with honey. The people of Sūs consider it permissible to drink, as long as they do not intentionally become intoxicated. Between the cities of Sūs, meaning Taroudant and Tétouan, there are a day's journey through gardens, orchards, vineyards, and trees bearing various fruits. Meat is readily available and very cheap. Their dominant characteristics are generosity and hospitality. From the city of Sūs to the city of Aghmat, it is four stages, passing through four tribes of Berbers, the Masamida, who are called Antī, Nannāt, Banūh, Istūwānkitawūn, Ansallabt, Arghān, Aknfīs, and Antūrkīyīt. All these tribes are of the Berbers, the Masamida, who inhabit these lands and regions. Among them is Nafīs al-Jabal, and Nafīs is a small city surrounded by settlements and villages belonging to its tribes. They are attributed to the Bayā, and their produce of wheat, dried fruits, and meats is abundant, unlike in many other lands. It has a congregational mosque and a Friday prayer. It also has all sorts of raisins, remarkable for their beauty, sweetness, and abundance. In addition to all this, there is much more. It is famous in the lands of the West, except for Adsimi and Inderf, from Taroudant of Sūs to the city of Aghmat and Rabaka, along the lower part of Jabal Durn, the greatest mountain, whose like is not found. It is a place of fertility and abundance, with continuous settlements. It begins from the Atlantic Ocean in the farthest west and continues eastward, stretching until it reaches Jamal and Nūsūsa, where it is called Tajīl Nūsūsa. It then connects to Tajīl.

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