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different section of it. The women of group A pass successively^ 

 through each of the four sections in as many generations. For 

 example, taking the women of group A in the table, we find that 

 Nakamarra is the mother of Namatjillee ; Namatjillee of Tam- 

 patjona ; Tampatjona of Naponunga ; and Naponunga is the 

 mother of Nakamarra, the same sectional name with which we 

 started, and this order of succession is repeated ad infinitum. 



The men of any given section likewise reappear in the fifth 

 generation, but in a different manner to their sisters. We have 

 seen in the last paragraph that the women of a group never pass 

 out of it, but perpetually alternate from one section to another. 

 The men, however, fluctuate from one group to the other in each 

 generation. For example, Kabatjee, of group A in the table has 

 a son Ungary who belongs to group B ; Ungary has a son 

 Apungata of group A ; Apungata has a son Aponunga of group B; 

 and Aponunga has a son Kabatjee, which brings us back to the 

 starting point in group A. In four generations the men pass 

 through two sections of each group. 



The son of the brother marries the daughter of the sister, and' 

 conversely, the son of the sister marries the daughter of the brother. 

 This can easily be shown by preparing a short pedigree of any- 

 given individual. Let us take a man of the Opalla section as an 

 example : 



Opalla marries Namatjillee 



Son 

 Ampatjona 

 Ampatjona marries Napungata 



Son 

 Tungulli 



Daughter 

 Nungulli 



Daughter 

 Tampajona 

 Apungata marries Tampatjona 



Son 

 Apanunga 



Daughter 

 Naponunga 



J 



By this table it is seen that Opalla marries Namatjillee, the- 

 offspring being Ampatjona and Tampatjona. Ampatjona marries 

 Napungata, and has a son and daughter Tungulli and Nungulli. 

 Ampatjona's sister Tampatjona marries Apungata and has a son 



