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gum tree, grass parrot, platypus, water-rat or berper, 

 werpal or dark-headed eaglehawk, native companion, 

 wattle-bird or yanggak. Pattyangal, the pelican, has all 

 kangaroos, Are, buiba or non-stinking turtle, brambam- 

 bullak, plover, laughing jackass, a Orucis. Wanguguliak 

 or crow's men ; Wa is crow and guli, a man ; the smaller 

 crow belongs to this clan. Burriwan, a hole in the ground 

 or in a rock. I could not find any totems of this subdivis- 

 ion, but it is friendly with Muiwillak and Wuran. 



Other Gamaty totems, which I was unable to assign to 

 their proper castes are : — stringybark tree, wild hop, bull- 

 dog ant, white ant, leech, blackfish, perch, jew lizard, 

 mountain duck, honey bird. 



It is unnecessary to state that the foregoing lists of 

 totems, collected by me from the blacks for purposes of 

 illustration, are only some out of a large number. And it 

 is probable that there are other clans attached to each 

 phratry beside those which I have enumerated. It should 

 also be explained that the district in which the totems 

 were obtained is a very large one, and I occasionally found 

 that an animal or plant which belonged to one clan in a 

 certain locality, was claimed by another clan at a different 

 place. In a few instances it was likewise observed that a 

 totem which was Gurogity in a certain portion of the tribal 

 territory was Gamaty in another. 



The laws of intermarriage of Gurogity and Gamaty, and 

 the descent of the offspring are as exemplified in the sub- 

 joined table : — 



Husband. Wife. Son. Daughter. 



Gurogity Gamatygnrk Gamaty Gamatygurk 



Gamaty Gurogigurk Gurogity Gurogigurk 



According to the above table, Gurogity and Gamaty 

 intermarry one with the other, but this is subject to the 

 following regulations. Take for example a Gurogity man 



S— Oct. 5, 1904. 



