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through his father, is as follows : — A = Choolum ; B = A's father, 

 Palyarin ; C = B's father, Choolum ; D = C's sister, Noolum ; E = 

 D's son, Yacomary; F = E's daughter, Ningulum. By the table 

 we see that A = Choolum, marries F = Ningulum, the daughter of 

 his father's father's sister's son — that is to say, the daughter of 

 his father's cousin. By following the pedigree of any given man's 

 wife through his mother, it can be shewn that Chingulum, for 

 example, marries Noolum, the daughter of his mother's mother's 

 brother's daughter, or in other words, the daughter of his mother's 

 cousin. 



The pedigree of a woman's husband, if traced through her father, 

 can be run out as follows : — A = Ningulum • B = A's father, 

 Yacomary; C == B's father, Chingulum ; D = O's sister, Ningulum; 

 E = D's son, Palyarin; F = E's son, Choolum ; then A = Ningulum 

 marries F = Choolum, who is the son of her father's father's sister's 

 son — that is, the son of her father's cousin. In a similar way it 

 can be represented, by running out a woman's husband's pedigree 

 through her own mother, that she herself marries the son of her 

 mother's mother's brother's daughter, or in other words, the son 

 of her mother's cousin. 



The same rules hold good in the Kamilaroi organisation, as the 

 following example from Table No. 2 will explain : — A = Kumbo; 

 B = A's father, Kubbi ; = B's father, Kumbo ; D = C's sister, 

 Butha; E = D's son, Ippai ; F = E's daughter, Matha. Then A = 

 Kumbo marries F= Matha, the daughter of his father's father's 

 sister's son — that is, the daughter of his father's cousin. 



An example from Table No. 1 will illustrate that the same laws 

 also apply to the Parnkalla organisation : — A = Kirraroo ; B = A's 

 father, Matturri ; C = B's father, Kirraroo ; D = C's sister, Kirra- 

 rooan ; E = D's son, Kirraroo; F = E's. daughter, Matturrin. 

 Then, A = Kirraroo marries F = Matturrin, the daughter of his 

 father's father's sister's son, or, the daughter of his father's cousin. 



One example each in the Kamilaroi and Parnkalla systems has 

 been thought sufficient, because the rules are analogous to those 



