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ive terms, thus more or less differentiating from each other, the Kami 

 numbered 9, 10, 11, 12, in Table VI. Such an instance is that of the 

 Gournditch Mara tribe of Western Victoria,* It is instructive to note 

 that the old fraternal terms still linger, attached to the children on the 

 maternal side in accord with the uterine liue of descent. The change 

 has taken place on that side which leans towards agnation. 



Although I have not found it possible to determine with any degree 

 of certainty the social status of any tribe from an inspection of its re- 

 lationship terms, yet on the whole I may venture to say that in gen- 

 eral the type of system, according to which the terms are arranged, is 

 correlated in some degree with the social position of the tribe using 

 them. 



These discrepancies between ancient custom on the one hand, as the- 

 oretically inferred from the terms of relationship, and present usage on 

 the other, as ascertained by careful observation, render it most difficult 

 to bring the facts briefly into order, and so to marshal the evidence as 

 to show clearly to others that which an acquaintance with a large col- 

 lection of relationship terms from many tribes enables me to perceive. 

 To bring this out with the necessary clearness would require a detailed 

 statement of all the evidence in my possession, and, this of course, is 

 impossible within the limits of this paper. The subjoined table, how- 

 ever, will serve in some degree to illustrate the preceding remarks. 



Tablk VI. — Fraternal relations. 



English. 



1. Elder brother 



2. Younger brother 



3. Elder sister - 



4. Younger sister 



5. Father's brother's son 



6. Father's brother's daughter. . 



7. Mother's Bister's son 



8. Mother's sister's daughter . . . 



9. Father's sister's son 



10. Father's sister's daughter 



11 . Mother's brother's son 



12. Mother's brother's daughter . 



Kurnai. 



Tundung 



Bramung 



Bau-ung 



Lunduk 



Tundung or Bramung. 

 Bau-ung or Lunduk . . . 

 Tundung or Bramung. 

 Bau-ung or Lundnk . . . 

 Tundung or Bramung. 

 Bau-ung or Lunduk . . . 

 Tundung or Bramnng. 

 Bau-ung or Lunduk . . . 



Dieri. 



Negi 



Ngattata 



K auku 



Ngattata 



Negi or Ngattata . . . 

 Kauku or Ngattata. 

 Negi or Ngattata. .. 

 Kauku or Ngattata. 



Kami 



Kami 



Kami 



Kami 



(Toumditch Mara. 



Warti. 



Kokqng. 



Kaki. 



Kokoyar. 



Wawurt. 



Wangya. 



Wurti or Kokong. 



Kaki or Kokoyar. 



Benangar. 



Kamutch. 



Benang. 



Kamutch. 



The speaker may be either male or female. 

 VII. — RESTRICTIONS UPON MARRIAGE. 



In the far-reaching fraternal relations explained in the previous sec- 

 tion there is an equally extended prohibition of marriage. The rela- 

 tionship, which is recognized between the persons constituting this 

 large group of contemporaries, not only prevents there being any inter- 

 marriage between them, but even a casual amour is regarded with ab- 

 horrence ; and, as I have already noted, it may be punished capitally 

 under the moral law of the aborigines. But this restriction is not con- 



* See Kamilaroi and Kurnai, p. 274. Since the publication of that work I am in- 

 debted to the most obliging inquiries of Mrs. Stiihle for further information concern- 

 ing the Gournditch Mara. I now learn that it has a class system almost identical 

 with that of the Wotjoballuk noted in this memoir. 

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