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Mailu Island; Omoti'oro is the table-shaped hill at the back 

 of Table Point; Bariavdra is a rock near Onihu Point; 

 and again Goise'oro is a rock on the island of Mailu. 



There are five clans in the village of Berehai — Oraido, 

 BoUaduhu, Gohu, IVardtsa, and Ahd'u. I failed to record 

 the Biihu names. 



In Boreho village there are six clans — Tirihi, Abd'u, 

 Wo'u, Waruho, Atsdna, Gcidoho. In this village there is 

 •one Bubu house still standing in the middle of the street, 

 while the Bah us of all the other clans stand in line with the 

 ordinary houses (see pi. xxix., fig. 2). 



There are four clans in the village of Banoro : Arume, 

 Oraido, Bano'a, and Bard'ii; and two in Geagea: Aritsa and 

 'Gohu. 



In Loupom there were two clans: — 



Clan name. BuhuAxou^e, name. 



Gohu LapUaoro 



Boimard'i Moguraoro 



Here, again, the Bilhu houses are named after some 

 hills, Ore (in Mailu) meaning hill. 



There seems to be always a headman in each clan, or, 

 more correctly speaking, perhaps, a man of greatest import- 

 ance, whose opinion commands a certain amount of respect, 

 and who would act as the authority and representative on all 

 occasions in which the whole clan was concerned. The posi- 

 tion of such a clan headman was, however, far from being 

 clear and well defined, and I think that in reality there was 

 no clan headman as such, but that he was only either the 

 most important and influential among the headmen of the 

 subclans, or else the headman of the most important and 

 influential subclan. 



Each clan is subdivided into subclans, which are also 

 local — that is, the houses of each subclan form a separate 

 group within the clan's block. The subclan is also to a cer- 

 tain degree an independent social unit. As mentioned before, 

 they are the units of cohesion in all cases when a village 

 community splits up. Again, each subclan has its headman, 

 whose position, functions, and authority within the subclan 

 is very well defined ; much better, indeed, than is the case 

 with the headman of the clan. 



It is obvious that the subclan is also patrilocal and patri- 

 lineal. But though I have recorded a considerable number 

 of genealogies, I was unable to ascertain the actual relation- 

 ship, by blood, of the members of any of the subclans of 

 Mailu village. 



