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The children of both sexes take the section name of their father's 

 father. By employing an example from Table No. 3, it is seen 

 that Choolum has a son Palyarin, and Palyarin is the father of 

 Choolum, the section of his father's father. Again, Choolum has 

 a son Palyarin, and Palyarin has a daughter Noolum, the name 

 of the section to which her father's father, Choolum, belongs. 

 Taking an example from Table No. 2, we observe that Murri's 

 son is Ippai, and Ippai has a son Murri, the section name of his 

 father's father. Also, Kumbo has a son Kubbi, and Kubbi has a 

 daughter But ha, the section to which her father's father belongs. 

 In the Kamilaroi and Parnkalla systems, the children, in addition, 

 take the section name of their mother's mother, (which in their 

 case is identical with that of their father's father); but this does 

 not apply to the Wombya, owing to their more perfect system of 

 subdividing the phratries. 



In the three last preceding paragraphs, examples have not been 

 supplied from Table No. 1, illustrating the Parnkalla system of 

 marriage and descent, it being thought that the simplicity of the 

 table renders explanation unnecessary. 



A man takes a wife who is the daughter either of his father's 

 cousin, or of his mother's cousin ; and a woman likewise marries 

 a man who is the son of a cousin of her father or of her mother. 

 The cousin here meant is the child of one's father's sister, or of 

 one's mother's brother. This statement can be illustrated by 

 using a diagram, with distinctive letters, which can be referred 

 to, as follows : — 



Diagram No. 1. 

 Brother and Sister. 



Cousins. 



D 



Husband and Wife. 



I will commence with examples from the Wombya organisation, 

 represented in Table No. 3. The pedigree of a man's wife, traced 



