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Small leaves, and among them the Kathr, which is a thorny tree with many branches, and its thorn is like a fishhook. It has a gum that can be collected, but the gum of the woods is higher and better than it. Among them is the Luut, which is a small tree with small thorns and many branches. It is always green, even when it is dry. It is a shrub, neither large nor small, but most of it grows in the mountains. Among them is the Harraz, which is a huge and enormous tree with thorns that grow on its trunk so much that two men cannot embrace it if they extend their arms. Its shade is a shade that one hopes can accommodate a hundred men or more sitting under it. In general, trees that do not bear fruit are useful for other purposes. They cut wood from them for their houses. As for the Sunt, its thorns are for defense, and its long branches are used for them. As for the Luut, they use its branches to tie the roofs of houses, and they make its branches into ceilings and into the Sarin and Saru, which are for them instead of walls. As for the Kabr and Mahshab, they take dye from them, and sometimes they cut their thorns and make fences from them for their livestock and their houses, because every house usually has a fence. And "Zariba" is a metaphor for a fence, and "Sarif" is a metaphor for a wall. The houses in the middle are somewhat like tents, and the birds are the enclosure around them, and the houses.