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Cyamal

The head-chief of the Egbo Assembly, a secret council of Old Calabar.

D tions of the planets. A wedding ring is, however, most in favour for purposes of this sort. Another way is to suspend the ring within a glass tumbler, or just outside of it so, that the ring on being swung may easily touch the glass. As with table-rapping, a code may then be arranged, the glass being struck once for an affirmative, twice for a negative answer, and so on. Suspended above a sovereign, the ring will indicate the person from whose head hair has been taken, or, if requested, any other member of the company.

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