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dhun women in the middle shade. And a Guaimundhun 

 man of the middle shade marries a Guaigulir woman, and 

 certain of the Guaimundhun s of the butt shade. A Guai- 

 gulir man (who is always a winggu), can marry a Guai- 

 mundhun woman of the middle shade, and certain of the 

 women of the butt shade. No man or woman can marry 

 into his or her own personal shade ; for example, a nhurrai 

 cannot marry a nhurrai, nor a winggu a winggu. 



We shall now deal with the descent of the progeny. It 

 will of course be borne in mind that the phratries, sections 

 and totems are the principal elements in the laws of mar- 

 riage and descent, and that the castes of 'blood' and 'shade' 

 are ramifications or extensions of them. The following 

 table will exhibit the intermarriage and descent of the 

 castes : — 



Blood. 



Guaimundhun 



Guaigulir 



Table No. II 

 Father Mother 



Winggu 

 Waugue 

 Winggu 

 Nhurrai 



Wangue 

 Nhurrai 



( Nhurrai 

 Nhurrai 

 Waugue 



I Wangue 



f Winggu 



1 



Ofispring 



Winggu 

 Waugue 

 Winggu 

 Nhurrai 



Wangue 

 Nhurrai 



Winggu 



It will be observed that a Guaimundhun mother produces 

 Guaimundhun children, who moreover take their mother's 

 shade, whether nhurrai or waugue. A Guaigulir mother 

 produces Guaigulir children, belonging to the winggu shade. 



Going back to Table No. I. at an earlier page, we see 

 that Ippai marries Kubbitha, who is his tabular or 'regular' 

 spouse; but he has the right, in certain cases, of taking a 

 Matha maiden instead, which may be distinguished as an 

 irregular or ' alternative ' marriage. He can also, subject 

 to prescribed restrictions, have an Ippatha allotted to him 

 as his wife, and such a marriage may be designated 'rare.' 



