114 R. H. MATHEWS. 



According to Table IV., Choolum No. 1 marries a Ningu- 

 lum or a Neenum, who is represented as his 1st or 2nd wife. 

 Choolum No. 2 is allotted a Nooralum or a Noolum in the 

 same way. Choolum No. 3 (Table V.) espouses a Noolum 

 or a Nooralum. Choolum No. 4 mates with a Neenum 

 or a Ningulum. But there are customary extensions of 

 these rules by means of which any Choolum who is a 

 paternal or maternal grandson of either Choolum or Cheenum 

 (Table IV.) can marry into any one of the four sections 

 mentioned ; and any Choolum who is a paternal or maternal 

 grandson of either Chingulum or Chooralum (Table V.) can 

 espouse any one of the same four sections of women. 



The sequence in which these marriages take place is 

 as follows: — Choolum No. 1 marries Ningulum, Neenum, 

 Nooralum or Noolum. Choolum No. 2 takes Nooralum, 

 Noolum, Ningulum or Neenum. Choolum No. 3 mates with 

 Noolum, Nooralum, Neenum or Ningulum. Choolum No. 4 

 espouses Neenum, Ningulum, Noolum or Nooralum. 



Study of Tables IV. and V. shows that Choolum No. 1 

 marries as his first wife a woman belonging to "Cycle Z" 

 mentioned in the explanation of Table I. For his second 

 wife he takes a woman from "Cycle Y." The Choolums 

 Nos. 2, 3 and 4 obtain a wife for each cycle in the same 

 manner. But if Choolum No. 1, or any of- the Choolums 

 mentioned, has potential marital rights over the women 

 of all the four sections, as stated in last paragraph, then 

 he might be permitted to vary the order of succession of 

 his possible wives, and select a Ningulum as his "1st" or 

 a Nooralum as his "2nd" wife, and in that case both the 

 women would belong to the same cycle. 



When my correspondents in compliance with my request 

 prepared lists of the section names of certain well-known 

 men who were actually married to more than one wife 

 among the Wombaia and other tribes, it became apparent 



