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are my nephew and niece ; and the children of these sons and daughters, nephews 

 and nieces, are, without distinction, my grandchildren. With Ego a female the 

 former relationships are reversed ; my brother's son and daughter are my nephew 

 and niece, whilst my sister's son and daughter are my son and daughter. The 

 children of each are my grandchildren. 



My father's sister is my aunt, Altai. This is the fifth indicative feature. My 

 father's sister's son and daughter are my male and female cousins. For these rela- 

 tionships there is a double set of terms, Mdittunan and Machchan, with their femi- 

 nines, Mdittuni and Machchi ; and also Attan for male cousin. The son and 

 daughter of my male cousin, Ego a male, are my nephew and niece ; and of my 

 female cousin are my son and daughter. With Ego a female the son and daughter 

 of my male cousin are my son and daughter, and of my female cousin are my 

 nephew and niece. The grandchildren of these cousins are severally my grand- 

 children. 



The discrimination of the relationship of cousin is a remarkable fact in the 

 Tamilian system. It is now found in the systems of but a small portion of the 

 Turanian family. From the structure and principles of the Turanian system, as 

 has before been remarked with reference to the Ganowanian, it was predetermined 

 that when developed this relationship would be applied and restricted to the chil- 

 dren of a brother and sister. 1 It was probably unknown in the primitive system. 



In the male branch of the same line, on the mother's side, my mother's brother 

 is my uncle, Mdmdn. This is a sixth indicative feature. My mother's brother's 

 son and daughter are my male and female cousins. The children of my male 

 cousins, Ego a male, are my nephews and nieces ; of my female cousins are my sons 

 and daughters ; and their children are my grandchildren. With Ego a female the 

 children of my male cousins are my sons and daughters, and of my female cousins 

 are my nephews and nieces ; and the children of each are my grandchildren. 



It is a little singular that the children of my male cousin, Ego a male, should be 

 my nephews and nieces, instead of my sons and daughters, and that the children 

 of my female cousins should be my sons and daughters instead of my nephews and 

 nieces, as required by the analogies of the system. It is the only particular in 

 which it differs materially from the Seneca-Iroquois form ; and in this the Seneca 

 is more in logical accordance with the principles of the system than the Tamilian. 

 It is difficult to find any explanation of the variance. 



My mother's sister is my mother, Tdy. This is the seventh indicative feature. 

 My mother's sister's son and daughter are my brother and sister, elder or younger. 

 This is the eighth indicative feature. The son and daughter of this collateral 

 brother, Ego a male, are my son and daughter; of this collateral sister are my 

 nephew and niece ; and the children of each are my grandchildren. With Ego a 

 female, the children of my collateral brother are my nephew and niece ; of my col- 

 lateral sister, are my son and daughter ; and the children of each are my grand- 



1 It may be conjectured that .the system of the Hill Tribes of South India, when obtained, will be 

 found without this relationship ; and that its place is supplied by some ruder form, as that of uncle 

 and nephew, or father and son. 



