80 K. H. MATHEWS. 



left hand column is Jack Onze's father, a Guaimundhun. 

 All the other married pairs can be followed out at sight in 

 the same manner. 



It will be seen by Table V that although most of the 

 marriages are normal or mixed Blood, as Guaigulir to 

 Guaimundhun, there are some which are irregular or the 

 same Blood, as Guaigulir to Guaigulir. We also notice 

 examples of the wellknown variations in the intermarriages 

 of the sections, such as in one case Murri marries Ippatha, 

 in another Butha, and in another Matha. Other examples 

 show that Kubbi espouses Butha or Matha, or Ippatha or 

 Kubbitha. The examples likewise disclose -the fact that 

 members of the Guaigulir and Guaimundhun Bloods, with 

 their corresponding Shades, are found indiscriminately in 

 all the four sections and consequently in both the cycles. 



I have not supplied the totems of the parties in the table 

 because their succession is invariably through the mother. 

 None of the old blacks could give me any reason for the 

 blood and shade castes any more than they can assign a 

 reason for the divisions into cycles or sections, or for the 

 origin of the totems. The natives say that all Guaigulir 

 folk are friendly among themselves and the Guaimundhun 

 people have the same mutual bond of friendship, much in 

 the way that totem kins acknowledge a common tie. The 

 Ippai and Kumbo people of both sexes belong to the Ngur- 

 rawun cycle, whilst the Murri and Kubbi folk belong to the 

 Mumbun division. 1 



If we take a given number of natives, say thirty for 

 example, and classify them according to their cycles into 

 separate lots of Ngurrawun and Mumbun, then each lot 

 will contain people of the Guaigulir and Guaimundhun 

 bloods. Or, if we arrange the thirty men according to 



1 This Journal, xxxviii., 207. 



