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of descents. It will also interpret the manner in which the Turanian 

 element became incorporated in the system. 



I. All the children of my several sisters, myself a male, are my 

 nephews and nieces. Reason : Since under the tribal organization 

 my sisters ceased to be my wives, their children can no longer be my 

 children, as in the Malayan, but must stand to me in a different 

 and more remote relationship. Whence the origin of the relationships 

 of nephew and niece. 



II. All the children of these nephews and nieces are my grand- 

 children. This can only be explained from the analogy of the system. 

 No relationships outside of nephew, cousin, and grandson, are recog- 

 nized ; that of grandchild, being the one recognized under the previous 

 system, would be apt to remain until a new relationship was created. 



III. All the children of my sevei'al brothers are still my sons and 

 daughters. Reason : The tribal organization does not prevent my 

 brother's wives from being my wives as well. The changes in the 

 system are confined exclusively to those which. depended upon the in- 

 termarria2;e of brothers and sisters. 



IV. All the children of my several brothers, myself a female, are 

 my nephews and nieces ; and all their children are my grandchildren. 

 Reasons as in I. and II. 



V. All the children of my several sisters, myself a female, are still 

 my sons and daughters ; and their children are my grandchildren. 

 Reason : I cohabit with all the husbands of my several sisters, who 

 are my own husbands as well. 



VI. All the sisters of ray fathers are my aunts. Reasons : Since, 

 under the tribal organization, my father does not cohabit with his sis- 

 ters, they can no longer stand to me in the relation of mothers, but 

 must be placed in one more remote. Whence the relationship of aunt. 



VII. All the brothers of my mother are my uncles. Reason as in 

 VI. Whence the relationship of uncle. 



VIII. All the children of my several uncles and aunts are my cousins. 

 Reasons as in VI. Since they cannot be my brothers and sisters, for the 

 reasons named, they niust stand to me in a more remote relationship. 



IX. All the children of my father's brothers are my brothei's and 

 sisters, and so are all the children of my mother's sisters, as in the 

 Malayan, and for the reasons there given. 



X. All the children of my male cousins, myself a male, are my 

 nephews and nieces, and all the children of my female cousins are my 



