Note 16 — Chapter XIV · —(Continued).

Birthday wives are those married on the King’s birthday. The Joto ’si are half-heads, male and female, who correspond with the “’Kra,” or “’Kla,” of the Gold Coast, and rank in Dahome next to the eunuchs. Joto is the ancestor, whom Afa, or the Book of Fate, declares to have sent the child into the world, and the child calls him Joto-che—my Joto. The King’s Devils are those who have charge of his Legba or priapus (History, p. 204).