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*    and ɔb-ɔɽ̃ɔ̃mila [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ]. The ɔb-



*    ewawa may be an ɔbo n-ɔz-isɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “a doctor who chooses



*    seeds”, i.e. one who gives the



*    name of a suspect to each one



*    of several seeds (when trying to



*    find out the perpetrator of an



*    offence), and finds the guilty



*    one by means of ewawa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*    The ordeal-doctors, ɔb-itã [ ˩ \ ˩ ]



*    are ɔb-it-õfigbɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ] “palm-



*    oil-ordeal-doctor”, ɔb-it-ẽbe



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] “leaf-ordeal doctor”, or



*    ɔbo n-ɔd-itã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] (one who



*    knows all sorts of ordeals). The



*    experts for the feather- and



*    sasswood-ordeals have no special



*    name besides that of ɔb-itã.



*    The witch-doctor, ɔbo n-ɔwa



*    n-azɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] “doctor who gives



*    food to the witches”, also called



*    ɔbo n-ɔy-ada [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “doctor who



*    goes to the cross-roads”, leads



*    negotiations with witches and



*    pacifies them by gifts of food



*    from his clients. The “curing



*    doctor”, ɔb-odĩ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], bears no



*    outward sign of his profession,



*    but is usully very competent



*    and cures people for money or



*    for their services. A doctor who



*    makes his diagnosis by looking



*    into his patients’ eyes (in case



*    of illness or “juju-trouble”) is



*    called ɔbo n-ɔmi-ãɽo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] i.e.



*    “a doctor who looks eye”.



*    An antisocial individual working



*    with “bad medicines” may be



*    called ɔb-ɛrhia [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a “spoil-



*    doctor”. A “doctor” who travels



*    round the country and makes



*    a living by it is called ɔbo



*    n-ɔy-eria [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “a doctor who



*    goes grazing”. The four types



*    of oracle doctors are represented



*    by different people. The ɔb-