Note 197 — Chapter VIII

These wallets are of three kinds: the single bag of skin, called “glo”; the large double pouch of the same material, known as “akpataklo”; and the cloth sack named “váté.” The History tells us that jesters used to amuse Agaja the Conqueror, by swallowing tubs full of frumenty, and that these men generally stuffed themselves to death in a few years.