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No. LIV.—RELATIONSHIPS. 
i. Are relationships traced in the male or female line?’ 
2. How are they estimated ? 3. How does property descend ? 
4. In what position does the family stand with reference to 
the tribe ? 5. Are uncles and aunts on the father’s side dis¬ 
tinguished from those on the mother’s ? 6. Is a great uncle 
distinguished from a grandfather ? 7. Is the system of rela¬ 
tionship with reference to males the same as that with refer¬ 
ence to females? 8. Is a friend generally addressed by his 
name, or by the title of his relationship ? 9. Are the 
genealogies carefully preserved ? if so, for how many genera¬ 
tions is there any trustworthy record? 10. In what way are 
genealogies kept ? by pictures, symbols, &c., or by oral 
tradition ? 
J. L. 
Great discrimination is necessary between generic terms 
and those referring to individuals, such as pareiit , and father 
or mother, gra?idfather and ancestor. Test how far upwards 
distinctive terms extend (grandfather, grandmother, great¬ 
grandfather, great uncle, great aunt, &c.), and note at what 
degree it merges into a generic term ; repeat the process with 
the present generation (brother, sister, cousin, male and 
female, &c.), and then with the next generations (son,, 
daughter, nephew, niece, grandson, nephew’s son, daughter, 
&c.). Ascertain whether these terms are the same when used 
by men and women. 
