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direct line of male descent from a Boorunggnoo man would alter- 
nate from Kimera to Boorunggnoo for ever. 
4. But if the child of a Boorunggnoo man and a Banigher 
woman were a girl, she would, of course, still be Kimera, but 
would have to marry a Paljarie man, and her children would be 
Banigher, being the same family as her grandmother ; and, there- 
fore, in the direct female line from a Boorunggnoo man and a 
Banigher woman, they would alternate between Kimera and 
Banigher for ever. 
5. In the same way the son of a Kimera man and a Paljarie 
woman would, of course, be Boorunggnoo, and when he married 
he must marry a Banigher woman, whose children would be 
Kimera, the same as their paternal grandfather ; if, however, the 
child of a Kimera man and a Paljarie woman were a girl, she 
would still be Boorunggnoo, but would have to marry a Banigher 
man, and her children would be Paljarie, the same as her maternal 
grandmother. It, therefore, follows that the offspring from a 
Kimera man and a Paljarie woman, in the male line, would alter- 
nate from Boorunggnoo to Kimera for ever, and in the female line 
from Boorunggnoo to Paljarie for ever. If, however, the parents 
are reversed, and are a Paljarie man and a Kimera woman, the 
offspring in the male line would alternate from Banigher to 
Paljarie for ever, and in the female line from Banigher to Kimera 
for ever, 
6. Now, it follows that Boorunggnoos and Kimeras and 
Banighers and Paljaries of both sexes mix together as fathers and 
children of one family, although they may never have seen one 
another before ; also, Boorunggnoos and Paljaries and Banighers 
and Kimeras of both sexes mix together as mothers and children 
of one family ; not so, however, Boorunggnoos and Banighers of 
opposite sexes, or Kimeras and Paljaries of opposite sexes—for 
these may marry, and very little acquaintanceship or intercourse 
is allowed, and a great shyness is observed on both sides. 
7. This is very noticeable when a stranger arrives, and I will 
suppose that itis a young member of the Boorunggnoo family. As 
soon as his family is ascertained, it follows that all the women of 
the Boorunggnoo family are to him as sisters, all the women of the 
Kimera family are to him as daughters, and all the women of the 
Paljarie family are to him as mothers; and all these at once 
gather round and welcome the stranger, without the slightest 
restraint, being relatives whom he may not marry, although he 
may never have seen them before, and with whom no relationship 
whatever may exist. Not so, however, the Banigher women, who 
are eligible to become his wife. They at once appear shy and 
reserved, and do not join in the friendly welcome. This etiquette 
is always observed, and is readily noticed. 
