widow, etc. Change of rule of descent; relation to potestas, inheritance and local organisation =12-28=
CHAPTER III.
DEFINITIONS AND HISTORY.
Definitions: tribe, sub-tribe, local group, phratry, class, totem kin. "Blood" and "shade." Kamilaroi type. History of Research in Australia. General sketch =29-40=
CHAPTER IV.
TABLES OF CLASSES, PHRATRIES, ETC.
TABLES I, I a. Class Names =42, 47=
TABLE II. Phratry Names =48=
TABLE III. Comparison of "blood" and phratry names =50=
TABLE IV. Relations of Class and phratry organisations =51=
CHAPTER V.
PHRATRY NAMES.
The Phratriac Areas. Borrowing of Names. Their Meanings. Antiquity of Phratry Names. Eaglehawk Myths. Racial Conflicts. Intercommunication. Tribal Migrations =52-62=
CHAPTER VI.
ORIGIN OF PHRATRIES.
Mr Lang's theory and its basis. Borrowing of phratry names. Split groups. The Victorian area. Totems and phratry names. Reformation theory of phratriac origin =63-70=
CHAPTER VII.
CLASS NAMES.
Classes later than Phratries. Anomalous Phratry Areas. Four-class Systems. Borrowing of Names. Eight-class System. Resemblances and Differences of Names. Place of Origin. Formative Elements of the Names: Suffixes, Prefixes. Meanings of the Class Names =71-85=
CHAPTER VIII.
THEORIES OF THE ORIGIN OF CLASSES.
Effect of classes. Dr Durkheim's Theory of Origin. Origin in grouping of totems. Dr Durkheim on origin of eight classes. Herr Cunow's theory of classes =86-92=
CHAPTER IX.
KINSHIP TERMS.
Descriptive and classificatory systems. Kinship terms of Wathi-Wathi, Ngerikudi-speaking people and Arunta. Essential features. Urabunna. Dieri. Distinction of elder and younger =93-101=
CHAPTER X.
TYPES OF SEXUAL UNIONS.
Terminology of Sociology. Marriage. Classification of Types. Hypothetical and existing forms =102-109=
CHAPTER XI.
GROUP MARRIAGE AND MORGAN'S THEORIES.
Passage from Promiscuity. Reformatory Movements. Incest. Relative harmfulness of such unions. Natural aversion. Australian facts =110-118=
CHAPTER XII.
GROUP MARRIAGE AND THE TERMS OF RELATIONSHIP.
Mother and Child. Kurnai terms. Dieri evidence. _Noa._ Group Mothers. Classification and descriptive terms. Poverty of language. Terms express status. The savage view natural =119-126=
CHAPTER XIII.
PIRRAURU.
Theories of group marriage. Meaning of group. Dieri customs. Tippa-malku marriage. Obscure points. _Pirrauru._ Obscure points. Relation of pirrauru to _tippa-malku_ unions. Kurnandaburi. Wakelbura customs. Kurnai organisation. Position of widow. Piraungaru of Urabunna. Pirrauru and group marriage. Pirrauru not a survival. Result of scarcity of women. Duties of Pirrauru spouses. _Piraungaru_; obscure points =127-141=
CHAPTER XIV.
TEMPORARY UNIONS.
Wife lending. Initiation ceremonies. _Jus primae noctis._ Punishment for adultery. Ariltha of central tribes. Group marriage unproven =142-149=
APPENDIX.
ANOMALOUS MARRIAGES.
Decay of class rules in South-East. Descent in Central Tribes. "Bloods" and "Castes" =150-152=
INDEX OF PHRATRY, BLOOD, AND CLASS NAMES =153-157= INDEX OF SUBJECTS =158-163=
* * * * *
MAPS.
PAGE I. Rule of Descent =40= II. Class Organisations to follow =40= III. Phratry Organisations " =40=
TABLE.
Class Names of Eight-Class Tribes =between pp. 46= and =47=
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