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personally acquainted, and have given their English names 

 by which they are known to the European residents of the 

 district. 



Table VII. 



Individual's 

 Father. 



Individual's 

 Mother. 



Individuals answering the Questions. 



Totem. 



Totem. 



No 



1 

 2 

 3 



4 

 5 



6 



7 

 8 



Proper Name. 



Totem. 



Black-striped snake 



Turkey and wallaby 



Sterculia 



Sterculia 



Iguana 



Pigeon 



Wallaby 



Sulky snake 



Fish 

 Wallaby 

 Native bee 

 Iguana 

 Iguana 

 Snake 

 Sterculia 

 Sulky snake 



Charlie 



David 



Lucy 



Jack 



Jumbuck 



Micky 



Mary 



Jim Miller 



Black-striped snake 



Turkey 



Native bee 



Iguana 



Water snake 



Iguana 



Sterculia and wallaby 



Sulky snake 



Entering the above table we find No. 1, Charlie, whose 

 totem is the black-striped snake. To the left of No. 1 is 

 his mother of the fish totem; and still further to the left 

 is his father, a black-striped snake the same as Charlie. 

 No. 2 also takes his father's totem. Nos. 3 and 4 have the 

 totem of their mother. Nos. 5 and 6 do not follow either 

 parent. Nos. 7 and 8 have the totems of both parents. 

 This table therefore demonstrates that the totems do not 

 uniformly follow the father. 



Spencer and Gilleu state that "in the Warramunga, 

 Chingalee, etc., the totems are divided between the two 

 moieties, with the result that a man must marry a woman 

 of some other totem than his own." 1 Some of my most 

 capable correspondents who have resided a number of years 

 in the region occupied by the various branches of the 

 Chingalee tribe, have supplied me with comprehensive lists 

 of the totems for three generations. Examination of these 

 lists shows that the black-striped snake and the sleepy 

 lizard are claimed by individuals in the Tuugaree, Chuna 

 and Champina sections. The wallaby appears in the Chuna, 

 Tungaree, Champina and Chungalee sections. Honey bee 



1 Northern Tribes of Central Australia, p. 170. 



