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from his woman. Procreation does not appear to have anything 

 to do with the birth of the child. A man sleeps, and while he 

 sleeps he dreams, and in his dream a ngargalula comes to him, 

 the ground on which he sees it being generally some known part 

 of his father's territory. He sees on the ground near the ngar- 

 galula some vegetable or animal, or if he is a sea-coast native, it 

 tnay be part of the coast within his territory, and a turtle or some 

 fish may be seen near the ngargalula. Whatever animal 

 bird, or fish is seen on the ngargalulu booroo (" spirit baby's " 

 ground) becomes the individual jal'nga or totem of the baby. 

 The little ngargalula follows its future father to his camp, and, 

 according to him, is merely " carried " henceforth by his woman 

 through her mouth or navel. It brings its own totem with it, 

 but later it inherits its father's totems. Its special booroo is 

 called its ngargalula booroo, and some function connected with 

 the initiation of the boy will take place on the ngargalula booroo. 

 Let us suppose that the long edible bean is the boy's ngargalula 

 totem. When he has passed some stages of his initiation, he 

 begins to dream the increase of his totem. He dreams he is on 

 his ngargalula booroo, and he picks up a branch of the bean, and 

 chewing it, spits the chewed portions all about him. When the 

 ripening season for the bean comes round a very plentiful supply 

 will ensue from the dream increase. 



The whole subject of the ngargalulu amongst the Brooifie dis- 

 trict people is so very interesting, and so interwoven with the 

 lives of these people, that I have felt some mention of it was 

 necessary when dealing with the West Kimberley tribes. 



Totems (or jal'nga) are eaten by their totemists (jal'nga-nguiu). 

 Cross cousin (first cousin) marriages are forbidden in West 

 Kimberley. Circumcision and sub-incision are practised. 



A few kinship terms in the Broome district dialect illustrate 

 the class system of marriage. I, a Boorong woman, am speaking — 



Ngoonoo — sister (Boorong). 



Babbula — brother (Boorong). 



I'bala — father (Kaimera). 



Ngabu — youngest father (Kaimera), (father's brother). 



Yuramiirroo — father's own sister (Kaimera). 



Talur ; yalur — father's tribal sister (Kaimera), "niotlier- 

 in-law." 



Bibi — mother (Paljari), 



Bibi ; jiji ; woonjuboo — mother's sister (Paljari). 



Kogga — mother's brother (Paljari). 



Yagu — husband (Banaka). 



Tchaminyerri — husband's father '(Paljari). 



Yalma — husband's sister (Banaka). 



Yalma — brother's wife (Banaka). 



Rambar — husband's mother's brother (Kaimera). 



Babba, nganju — daughter (Paljari). 



Babba — son (Paljari). 



