: * 
222 THE ABORIGINES OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 
The lineal descent thus becomes :— 
For Mates. - For FEMALES. 
Tp Kumbo cin ae 
ero ne bi ay — 
Ipai Kumbo Kubbitha pei 
| | | 
urri Kubbi atha Ipatha 
and so on, and so on. and so on. and 80 on. 
It is also a curious arrangement in these tribes that every Man 
in any one class is supposed to have marital rights over every 
woman in the class with which he can marry ; thus e Ip 
parents— 
Ngava coolaid karramulla yaralla 
— wife will t by and by: 9) 
"His demand thus made cannot be refused, and the parents must 
keep the girl until he comes to take her as his wife. ans 
demand when made, yet they do not allow the woman 
signify her consent to the marriage by preparing ° 
the fire. In this case the murri secures the assistance” 
young fellows of his own class; watching their opportunity, 
seize the woman and carry her off by force: thus eas 
seems to be by capture, but is really the assertion "ly 
which the law sanctions.* The man, however, 1 paptriges® 
have quiet possession of his bride—the blood feu oe 
go the male relations of the Kubbitha assemble and PI 
“*T think that the Rape of the Sabines is an instance of thi" 
feud probably arising from the slaying of Remus. 
