152 R. H. MATHEWS. 



It will require a little explanation to make this variation 

 in the descent clear. If we were to study out Table A we 

 would discover that the section name of the child corres- 

 ponds with that of its father's father, as well as that of its 

 mother's mother, just the same as in the four sections of 

 the Kamilaroi tribe. When the southern faction amalga- 

 mated with the northern, the four additional sections of 

 the latter were treated as complementary of the four 

 primary sections in Table A. For example, when Paiarola 

 married Ndatjika, although she was a Mbitjana woman, 

 she was considered the complement or equivalent of 

 Kamara. Her children consequently would be ranked as 

 Kamara's children, and take the section name of Knuraia 

 instead of Pananka. Looking at Table B we observe that 

 Paiarola's father was Knuraia; and if we refer to Table I 

 of my paper of August last, it can be shown that a Mbit- 

 jana's mother must be a Knuraia. Therefore the child of 

 Ndatjika and Paiarola has been given the section name of 

 its mother's mother as well as that of its father's father. 

 The offspring of the married pairs Nos. 2 to 7, receive their 

 section names in the same way. 



Further study of Table B teaches us that Ndatjika's 

 father must have married an alternative wife to enable 

 him to be the father of a Mbitjana woman. No. 3a, 

 Katarina, likewise had a father who must have married an 

 alternative wife. These two examples are interesting and 

 valuable, because they illustrate that Ndatjika's mother 

 was an alternative wife like herself, and that Katarina's 

 mother also had the same status as herself . The men Nos. 

 1 to 7 inclusive have alternate wives, and the two additional 

 examples just mentioned bring the total up to nine men 

 who have married alternative or No. II wives. 



In 1898, 1 when confirming Rev. L. Schulze's report of the 

 "alternative" marriages, I had not sufficient information 



1 This Journal, xxxn., p. 72. 



