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*  halves of the seed. At one end
* of each string a small bell (ɛɽoɽo
* [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]) and some cowries are
* fastened. The diviner (ɔb-ogwɛga
* [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ]) seizes one end of each
* string and throws them with the
* intention of turning them upside
* down. The subsequent arrange-
* ment of seeds is then analysed
* (v. eria [ ˩ ˥ ]) according to a certain
* code (itie [ ˩ ˥ ]), the criterion
* being the “open” or “covered”
* position of the seed-halves. The
* analysis is said to proceed at first
* from the right side to the left,
* and, after that, in the opposite
* direction, but as if the arrange-
* ment were looked at from the
* other end of the strings. The
* different positions have names,
* e.g. odĩ [ ˩ ˥ ] is a string with the
* two outer seed-halves showing
* their inside, and the two inner
* halves showing their cover.
* (Under the headings dealing
* with these positions, o. will
* mean “open”, and c. “covered”+,
* as reckoned from the top of the
* string.) The names of the
* positions are: odĩ [ ˩ ˥ ], oɣoi [ ˩ ˩ ]
* oɽuhu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], ɔɣae [ ˩ ˥ ], ogbi [ ˥ ˩ ]
* ako [ ˩ ˥ ], ose [ ˩ ˥ ], ohũ [ ˩ ˥ ]
* ɛrhoxwa [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], ɛka [ ˩ ˥ ], ɔkã [ ˩ ˩ ]
* ɔʋa [ ˩ ˩ ], etuɽɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ], ete [ ˩ ˩ ]
* ɔha [ ˩ ˥ ] and eɣitã [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]. As the
* relations of two strings to one
* another are always considered,
* these names are usually com-
* bined, e.g. ɔh-ɔɣae [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] (ɔha
* + ɔɣae). If both positions are
* the same, their name is followed
* by n-abe [ \ ˩ ] “combined”, e.g.
* ɔkã n-abe [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ]. The “code” of
* this divination gives a fixed
* sentence for each of these com-
* binations, and the task of the