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be unnecessary to state here that by following the ordinary rules 

 of marriage in the Wombya organisation, as represented in Table 

 No. 3, a brother's children's children intermarry with a sister's 

 children's children — a relationship sufficiently wide not to require 

 any further restrictions. 



Selecting an illustration from the Wombya system we can show 

 by Diagram No. 2 that A = Choolum ; B = A's father Palyarin ', 

 C = B's sister Palyareenya ; D = C's daughter Nooralum. Then 

 Choolum, as his "alternative'' wife, marries Nooralum, the daughter 

 of his father's sister. It can easily be shown that Ohoolum's 

 alternative spouse may also be the daughter of his mother's brother. 

 And if A be a female, the genealogy can be varied as in the 

 Kamilaroi example last given. It also appears that if A's father 

 Palyarin, B, is an eaglehawk, then B's sister, Polyareenya, is like- 

 wise an eaglehawk. According to the diagram, A is the son of 

 an eaglehawk man, B; and A's wife, D, is the daughter of an 

 eaglehawk woman, C. As in the Kamilaroi example, this brother 

 and sister relationship must be titular instead of direct. 



It is not thought necessary to furnish an example of the marriage 

 rules, according to diagram 2, in the Parnkalla system, because 

 they are similar to those of the Kamilaroi. 



In examining each pair of sections in Table No. 3, it is observed 

 that Choolum is Cheenum's father's (Bungarin's) female cousin's 

 (Neomarum's) son, and also that Cheenum possesses the same 

 relationship to Choolum. Again, Choolum marries Cheenum's 

 cousin, and Cheenum marries Choolum's cousin. It is likewise 

 apparent that Jamerum is Yacomary's father's (Chingulum's) 

 female cousin's (Neenum's) son ; and that Yacomary is related in 

 the same manner to Jamerum. Also, Jamerum marries Yacomary's 

 cousin, and Yacomary maries Jamerum's cousin. Similarly it can 

 be shown that the pairs of sections, Chingulum and Chooralum, 

 and also Bungarin and Palyarin, are respectively related to each 

 other in the same way. The relationships referred to in this para- 

 graph account for certain pairs of sections, (e.g., Choolum and 

 Cheenum), being placed together in the table. 



