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little way to the right of Ngumburi is his sister Ngum- 
mundyerra, marked B, below whom are her children, a 
daughter and a son. Her daughter Ibbundyerra has a 
daughter Ngummundyera; and her son Ibburi has adaughter 
Murrundyerra. Then Murruri No. 1, whom we shall assume 
tobe a Muggulu, marries Ngummundyerra H, as shown in 
Table 2. She is his normal or No. 1 wife and belongs to the 
opposite cycle as well as to the Ngipuru blood. 
I must digress a moment to explain why Ngummund- 
yerra Kisa Ngipuru. Because Murruri No.1 isa Muggulu 
his mother must have been a Mugguluga. His mother’s 
father Ngumburi, in the normal course of things, must 
therefore have been a Ngipuru to enable him to marry a 
Mugguluga and so produce Kubbundyerra. Ngumburi’s 
sister was consequently a Ngipuruga too, and as descent is 
counted through the women, his daughter’s daughter 
Ngummundyerra EK must also be a Ngipuruga. 
But Murruri No. 1 might be allotted Murrundyerra (see 
Table 2), who belongs to the Muggulu blood like himself. 
She is the daughter of Ibburi, a Ngipuru man, who must 
have espoused a Mugguluga and his daughter is accordingly 
a Mugguluga. In such a case Murruri No. 1 marries a 
woman of his own cycle and of his own blood division. She 
may be distinguished as wife No. 2. 
Looking again at Table 2 we find Murruri No. 2 in the 
lower left hand corner, with his mother above him; and 
higher up at C, her No. 2 father Ibburi. Away in the 
upper right hand corner is Ibburi’s sister Ibbundyerra, 
marked D, with her children and grand children below her. 
Then Murruri No. 2 marries Ibbundyerra, of the opposite 
cycle and opposite blood division who may be styled wife 
No. 3. Or Murruri No. 2 might have Kubbundyerra assigned 
him as wife No. 4. She belongs to his own cycle and to his ) 
own blood division. I have not considered it necessary to . 
trace out the blood divisions of the No. 3 and No. 4 wives. 
