]{Y WAI/rER K. ROTH. 4& 



Male X Femalf. -^ Resulting Offspring. 



Koopooroo Koorkilla r>uii]mri. 



Woonifko Bunburi Koorkilla. 



KoorkilJa Koopooroo Woongko. 



P>unbiiri Wooni^ko Koopooroo 



(il) Domestic and private quarrels are generally settled or 

 continued with the assistance of members belomj^int^- to the same 

 or corresponding- paedomatronyms, i.e., by brothers and mother's 

 brothers in the case of males, by sisters and mothers in the case 

 of females. 



((•) In spite of every enquiry I found no signs or passwords 

 employed to distinguish the indivi(biH Is comprising one paedoma- 

 tronym from those of another ; this is mutually made known 

 by word of mouth. It will also be noted that when an aboriginal 

 is asked what he is, he will always mention his j^aedomatronym ; 

 only on subsequent interrogation will he state his gamomatronym 

 (presuming it to have a name). 



TuE Heteronvm. — The name \arying with the particular 

 paedomatronymic group into which the individual happens to be 

 born, in his general group relationship to any other individuals. 

 It has already been stated [Introductory Section] that every 

 male is primarily some one's brother, father, brother-in-law, or 

 mother's brother, while every female (virgin or matron) is some- 

 one's sister, mother, sister-in-law, or father's sistei- ; these terms 

 having the extended range of signification already I'eferred to. 

 This comes about as follows : — The individuals belongiug to the 

 saniL' paedomatronym call each other brothers and sisters, bearing 

 in mind of course the reservations already laid down, /.«■., whether 

 related by blood or not ; the members of the corresponding 

 paedomatronym (/.... belonging to the same gamomatronym) 

 being their mother's brothers and mothers, whether I'clated by 

 blood or not. Similarly, they would call the members of the 

 paedomatronym (belonging to the opposed gamomatronym) into 

 which alone they are allowed to marry, their brothers-in-law and 

 sisters-in-law, while they would speak of the individuals com- 

 prised in the fourth remaining paedomatronym, as their fathers 

 and father's sisters, whether blood-related or not. Thus, 

 throughout all the difterent districts under consideration, every 



