70 MATHEWS— NATIVE TRIBES OF VICTORIA. [March 4, 



names and their feminine equivalents are slightly different from 

 those just described, as shown in the following synopsis : 



Table No. 2. 



Phrairy. Father. Mother. Son. Daughter, 



A Gurogity Kappatyar Kappaty Kappatyar 



B Kappaty Gurogityar Gurogity Gurogityar 



Everything in the universe is divided between these two phrat- 

 ries. Among the totems of Gurogity are included the following : 

 Dog, flying squirrel, small squirrel, pelican, eagle-hawk, white 

 cockatoo, tiger snake, red bulldog ant, red gum tree, oak tree, 

 bloodwood, broom, peppermint, ironbark. 



The undermentioned are some of the totems of Kappaty : Native 

 cat, kangaroo, crow, swan, bat, crane, black cockatoo, whipsnake, 

 black bulldog ant, white gum tree, wattle tree, cherry tree, honey- 

 suckle, stringybark, tomahawk, reed spear, boomerang. 



The totemic families belonging to Gurogity and Kappaty are 

 subdivided into clans or sections, somewhat similar to those in 

 use among the tribes already described, but not so numerous or 

 elaborate. They likewise have a spirit-home, which some of the 

 tribes call Diaioga and others tnungo. Every individual, when 

 buried, is placed with the head pointing in that direction, and all 

 the spirits go away to the same resting-place. This is an island, 

 called by the white people Lady Julia Percy Island, situated off 

 the coast of Victoria, about halfway between Warrnambool and 

 Portland. On the shore of the mainland there are some rocks like 

 stepping-stones stretching out into the sea towards the island. 

 These rocks, some old black fellows told me, were purposely 

 placed in that position, in the far away past, by the spirits of clever 

 men, to enable their fellow-countrymen to reach their maiogo. 

 The spirit of a deceased person walks on the land to the shore and 

 springs out to a rock, then to another and another rock, and lastly 

 makes a final bound over the intervening sea and alights on Lady 

 Julia Percy Island, the native name of which is Denmar. 



