tacle for spv( 

 it to the dan 

 had met and 



to engagement. These forms therefore of man- 

 by botrotlial, by elopement, by forcil)le al)(hi.-t 

 by mutual consent, the practice varying with 



if this were tlie reason tliere would be quite 



The Rvv. L). :\rHci 



* Rev. D. MacDonald. Oceania, p. 181 et seq. 

 be Kabi people of Southern Queensland 'nubui-.?' nicii 

 lulangtfan' mother-in-law, «-<ran ' or ' gun ' is th.- fciuini: 

 30 that 'nulang' designates the relationship on both sidt 

 word practically identical, viz., • naluun ' or ' KnuUuui 

 iamc relationship. The etvnirdogy of the abori.i^-inal ter 

 ble as likely to throw light on this obscure subject. 



