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merely a figure of speech to say that the village was not a 

 texture of Dub us (clans and subclans), but a juxtaposition 

 of these. The clans were really faijrly independent, and the 

 forces of social cohesion in a village community which bound 

 the different clans together were much weaker than those 

 holding together the members of a clan. Thus, whenever 

 there were emigration, colonization, or gregarious shifting of 

 people it was either a clan (or clans), or else a subclan (or 

 subclans) that moved. Thus, for instance, in the two 

 migrations which took place from Mailu, it was the clan 

 of Oraido that moved to settle in Table Bay. Again, when 

 the village of Kurere was founded in Mailu, several subclans 

 of Maraduhu and Mordu moved there, no men of Bodeaho 

 or TJrumoga joining them. • 



The clans of the Mailu are exogamous ; they are also 

 patrilocal and with paternal descent. In other words, the 

 wife always comes from outside the clan ; she joins her 

 husband, moves to his home, and the children belong always 

 to the same clan as their father. 



There is, however, no tradition of a common male 

 ancestor of the clan, and as genealogies are seldom remem- 

 bered beyond the third generation back, it is, of course, 

 impossible to ascertain how far the clansmen are really related 

 by blood. 



The number of clans varies, and so does their size. 

 Historical events, such as a raid in which one particular clan 

 suffered exceptionally, or such as the exodus to Kurere^ for 

 example, in which two clans furnished the majority of 

 emigrants, easily account for the varying sizes of the clans 

 and for their unequal number. 



There are four Auras in Mailu village, each having had its 

 DuhuAio\x%^ in the olden days. 



The following names of clans and clubhouses, going from 

 west to east, are enumerated: — 



Clan name. Duhu name. 

 Mordu Agin' or o 



Maraduhu Omou'oro 



Urumoga Dariavdra 



Bodeaho Goise'oro 



To be added to these is the emigrated clan Oraido. The 

 only clan name which seems to have a meaning is Bodeaho, 

 Bodea being the name of the south-east trade wind and of 

 the easterly direction in general (comp. chap, iii., sec. 2). 

 Curiously enough all the Duhu names have a geographical 

 derivation, thus Agiu'oro is originally the name of a hill on. 



