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HORN EXPEDITION—ANTHROPOLOGY. 
Howitt of natives of the same tribe as form the subject of Mr. Schulze’s paper 
admits only the four classes here mentioned. 
The four supplementary names which, with the four that are here mentioned, 
constitute Mr. Schulze’s scheme of eight divisions were perfectly well recognised 
by the natives, and were stated to be the corresponding or equivalent names of 
the four divisions in other neighbouring tribes, though what these tribes were 
I could not gather further than that a northerly habitat was vaguely indicated. 
As bearing on this point, however, it is interesting to note that in the 
Warramunga tribe, according to the account supplied to Mr. Howitt by Mr. Allan 
Giles,* the eight classes do appear to exist, and amongst their names are to be 
clearly recognised, at least, three out of four of those of Mr. Schulze’s supplementary 
subphratries. Whether the possibility exists that there has been a duplication of 
names in this as in the other case I cannot say. 
As has already been mentioned a similar fourfold division exists amongst the 
natives to the eastward of Alice Springs, along the Plenty and Marshall Rivers, 
who may possibly be an extension of the same Arunta tribe. To the north of 
these in latitude 18° Lindsayt reports that tribal divisions exist without, however, 
affording any information to show whether they are to be regarded as equivalent 
to phratries, subphratries or totem clans. 
Such details of social organisation as have been related refer to the Arunta 
tribe and may be relied on as far as they go, but it is a matter of extreme regret 
that I cannot make any parallel statements concerning their westerly neighbours 
the Luritchas. I am confident that some such organisation exists amongst them, 
probably an identical one, but I must confess not only to having completely failed 
myself to gain any definite information as to the social construction of that tribe, 
but to a similar failure on the part of an intelligent observer whose calling brings 
him frequently into contact with these natives and who undertook to continue 
my inquires on the subject. It was clear that some marriage restrictions are 
recognised amongst them, but I am quite unable to say how these are constituted 
or how the divisions are named. I regard this deficiency as one of the most 
serious in this paper and would have gladly avoided it if I could. For had I been 
able to establish the existence of a complete social organisation for this extensive 
and widely scattered tribe it would have very materially extended the area over 
which such organisations are known to exist. My difficulties can, however, be 
* Journal of Anthrop. Inst., vol. xviii., pag’e 43. 
t Op. cit. 
