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maiden instead: or, he can, in certain cases only, choose a Nauana 

 as his wife. 



Similarly, a man of the Chauan section, whose regular or tabular 

 wife is Nauuru, can marry Nungalaas an alternative; and in rare 

 cases, may take a Nangili spouse. 



In examining the statements contained in the last two para- 

 graphs in connection with Table No. 1, it will be seen that 

 Changura and Chauan may exercise their choice over the same 

 two sections of women; and moreover, they can exchange their 

 sisters with each other as wives. In other words, Changura and 

 Chauan can mutually exchange their wives and sisters. These 

 remarks apply to each of the other pairs of sections in the 'Father' 

 column of the table, in both phratries. 



The following are a few of the totems belonging to each section, 

 male and female: — Changura, dark honey. Nangili, rat. Chauan, 

 wallaby, wattle tree. Nauana, yellow honey, large kangaroo 

 (female). Chagara, bandicoot, large kangaroo (male). Nagara, 

 wild honey. Chambin, opossum, black bream, native-cat. Nambin, 

 black-headed snake. Chungala, black-swan, iguana. Nungala, 

 cockatoo, bony bream, native companion. Chuaru, moon, wallaroo, 

 cat-fish, jew-fish, alligator, native cat, flying-fox, iguana. Nauuru, 

 kangaroo (female), black-duck, crow. Chauarding, eagle-hawk, 

 crane, shag, kangaroo (male), brown snake, spinifex. Nabungarti, 

 emu, large kangaroo (male). Chabalyi, star-fish, dingo. Nauajerri, 

 sun, turkey, all ducks not mentioned above. 



These natives have names for the eight points of the compass, 

 and these points are so familiarly fixed in their minds that in 

 directing another person where to find anything, they call out the 

 compass point in the most natural manner. The following are 

 the native names of the points, commencing at the north: — north, 

 kainira; north-east, kaira; east, karnira; south-east, kara ; south, 

 golanira; south-west, golarra; west, kalanira; north-west, kalara. 

 Up any creek or river is known as kangara, whilst down the 

 stream is kanimburra. 



