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In the morning, I was squeezed by it, and my eyes opened. I saw a fat ram and a lamb for healing. I was given walnuts, fat, and herbs and drinks. The autumn rains, which are summer for us, do not suit them. They call our summer autumn, and our autumn spring, and our spring summer. They only agree with us in the "Nasha'at," for the "Nasha'at" for us are the "Nash'a" for them. In the true summer, with the rain from the sky, they plant. The first rain falls for them in "Al-Jauza," and they call it "Al-Ranash." In "Al-Sartan," the sky opens, the rain increases, and the valleys fill. Thus, you know the reason for the increase of the blessed Nile. And what confirms that the abundance of rain for them is the cause and the reason for the abundance of the Nile in Egypt is what happened by coincidence. In the year 1257 AH, there was a great famine in Egypt, so that a measure of wheat was sold for one hundred dirhams. The price of everything increased, and the reason was the lack of the Nile's flood as usual. I was skeptical whether this happened in the land of Sudan or not, and I remained in doubt until the year 1257 AH. The Chief Justice of the Kingdom of Wadai arrived and informed us that in that year the rain was scarce, so the land became barren, food became scarce, and people ate carrion and dogs.