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oe free to marry a woman of any other totem ? or are there 
certain other totem clans beside his own into which he may 
not marry? Enumerate as many of these prohibitions of 
marriage as you can ascertain. 6. If a man may not marry 
a woman of the same totem as himself, is he allowed to have 
sexual intercourse with her, either generally or at stated 
times ? If at stated times, what are these times ? and what 
reason do they give for this license ? 7. What do they 
think would happen to them or to their children if they 
married or had sexual intercourse with, women of a forbidden 
totem ? Does the tribe punish such breaches of tribal law ? 
and if so, how ? 8. How does a man ascertain whether he 
may marry, or have intercourse, with a stranger woman, 
especially when they speak different dialects? 9. Are the 
tribes, clans, castes, and their subdivisions, distinguished from 
each other by badges, or by differences in dress, the mode of 
wearing the hair, tattooing, chipping or filing the teeth, &c. ? 
Distinguish carefully the national badges (i.e., the badges 
worn by all the people) from the tribal or clan badges (i.e., 
the badges worn by different subdivisions of the people, 
namely, the tribes, clans, &c.) Do the tribal or clan badges 
ever consist of representations of totem tattooed, painted, or 
carved ? Does a man wear the skin of his totem animal ? 
10. Are any special ceremonies observed by each totem, tribe, 
or clan, at the birth of a child ? Describe such ceremonies. 
11. Are any initiatory rites performed on boys or girls at 
puberty, to admit them to the full position of tribesmen and 
tribeswomen ? (XXXIX.) Describe such rites fully. Is there 
any pretence of killing the boys and bringing them to life 
again? 12. During and for some time after these initiatory 
rites are the lads forbidden to see women ? If so, why ? 
13. What is the relation of children under puberty to the 
totem ? May they eat the totem animal or plant ? Are they 
absolved from the other restrictions which are imposed upon 
grown members of the clan in regard to the totem ? 
14. Have the ceremonies at the death and burial of a 
member of a totem tribe any reference to the totem ? De¬ 
scribe such ceremonies. What is supposed to happen to 
