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1. Emu (Dinoun) Ippai and Ippata: Kumbo and Buta. 



2. Iguana (Duli) Murri " Mata : Kubbi " Kapota. 



3. Kangaroo (Murriira) Murri " Mata : Kubbi " Kapota. 



4. Blacksnake (Nuari) Ippai " Ippata: Kumbo " Buta. 



5. Opossum (Muta) Murri " Mata : Kubbi " Kapota. 



6. Bandicoot (Bilba) Ippai " Ippata: Kumbo " Buta. 



Inferences. 



1. From these tables it is evident that a man may cohabit with his 

 half-sister by the father's side, though not with his full sister, or with 

 the half-sister by the mother's side. That this is an innovation on the 

 system explained in Memo. A may perhaps be inferred from the fact 

 that the children of such a connection take the class-names which 

 they would have had, had their father's been of the usual class. 



2. Persons having the same animal name may not intermarry. 



3. In the six classes arranged under the animal names, it is worthy 

 of note that the names of one pair are those of the children of the wo- 

 man of the other pair. Thus the Emus are Ippai and Ippata, Kumbo 

 and Buta. Now Ippata is the mother of Kumbo and Buta ; and Buta 

 is the mother of Ippai and Ippata (see Laws of Descent, Memo. C). 



Mr. Ridley informs me that Murri has a third distinguishing name, 

 which is that of his father's grave (see Memo. B). 



He also gives me another most important fact, namely, that there are 

 separate terms for brother or sister according to seniority. Thus : — 

 Daiadi, Elder Brother. Boadi, Elder Sister. 



Gullami, Younger Brother. Burri, Younger Sister. 



These are the words used by a male. 

 Sydney, August 7, 1871. 



Note. — If the divisions caused by the animal names be tribal, then 

 is it evident that the child is of the mother's tribe, as among the North 

 American Indians and the tribes of Central Africa, because the child 

 always takes the mother's animal name. 



Six hundred and forty-third Meeting. 



April 9, 1872. — Monthly Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



The President announced the death of Professor Trendelen- 



