R. H. MATHEWS. 
A Man Marries The Children are 
‘Matha emu Kubbitha fly. squirrel 
Trak Matha brown snake | Kubbitha porcupine 
a a Kubbitha bandicoot 
Matha red kangaroo 
Ippatha eaglehawk 
Matha emu 
Matha brown snake 
Matha red kangaroo 
Ippatha opossum 
Ippai eaglehawk 
Matha ground iguana 
appa jew lizard ' Kubbitha native bee 
Butha grey kangaroo 
Kubbitha fly. squirrel 
Kubbitha porcupine 
Kubbitha bandicoot 
Butha goonhur 
Kubbitha native bee 
Matha ground iguana 
Oombi common fly—Kubbitha native bee 
Kubbitha bandicoot 
See Kubbitha porcupine 
Butha grey kangaroo 
Kubbitha fly. squirrel 
Kubbitha bandicoot 
Kubbitha porcupine 
Ippatha mallee-hen 
\ Butha goonhur 
Oombi grey 
kangaroo 
Kubbitha porcupine 
Kubbitha fly. squirrel] 
Kubbitha bandicoot 
Kubbitha fly. squirrel) 
Oombi codfish 
Matha ground iguana 
Matha oo ie os 
Matha 
Matha cud snake 
Ippatha eaglehawk 
Matha emu 
Matha red kangaroo 
Matha brown snake 
Butha common fly 
Ippatha opossum 
Matha bei snake 
atha 
Matha fad: kangaroo 
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The use of this table will be better understood by giving a2 
example. 
Let us take a man of the section Ippai, and totem 
opossum. According to the sectional marriage laws already stated, 
the wife of an Ippai of any totem should always be a Matha; but 
owing to the family regulations previously explained, he is 
permitted to marry certain Ippathas provided there are n0 
disabilities arising out of nearness of kin. Moreover, in either 
case, his choice of a wife is regulated by his totem as well as his 
section name. Persons of the same totem may not marry, oF 
have sexual intercourse with one another; and further, any pro 
