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The undermentioned are some of the totems of Kappaty; 

 Dog, native cat, forest kangaroo, bat, crow, native com- 

 panion, swan, pelican, black cockatoo, wattle-tree, black- 

 wood, cherry tree, honeysuckle tree, stringybark tree, 

 black bull-dog ant, whipsnake (kirtok), eel, fire, rain, stone 

 tomahawk. 



Spears, boomerangs, clubs, spear-levers, shields, etc., 

 may belong to either phratry, according to the kind of tree 

 from which they have been cut. This matter is also some- 

 times determined through the owner of the weapon in 

 question. 



The totemic families belonging to Gurogity and Kappaty 

 are divided into clans or castes, somewhat similar to those 

 in use among the tribes already described, but they are not 

 so numerous or elaborate. It is not, therefore, thought 

 necessary to furnish details of their structure. 



In the country from Beaufort towards Hexham and 

 Wickliffe, a part of the region we are dealing with, I dis- 

 covered that the names of the phratries had changed — 

 Kuttyaga being substituted for Gurogity and Kirtok for 

 Kappaty — as in the annexed table. The terminal syllables 

 of the male names are modified to suit the feminine suffix 

 and afford a euphonic pronunciation : 



Kuttyaga Kirtogurk Kirtok Kirt5gurk 



Kirtok Kuttyaragurk Kuttyaga Kuttyaragurk 



According to this table and the last preceding one, the 

 two phratries intermarry, the one with the other, but the 

 parties to the alliance must have the same relationship to 

 each other as those stated in the Ngeumba and Wimmera 

 tribes already dealt with. Moreover, a Kappaty sometimes 

 marries a Kappatyar, and a Gurogity marries a Gurogityar, 

 of the proper lineage. These laws are likewise the same 

 as those of the Parnkalla organisation, where the two inter- 



