[3] Loc. cit. Mr. Howitt says "classes," but we adhere to the term "phratries."

[4] Natives of Central Australia, Spencer and Gillen, p. 63.

[5] Spencer end Gillen, pp. 92-98.

[6] Natives of Central Australia, Spencer and Gillen, p. 63.

[7] For a large account of these customs see The Golden Bough, second edition.

[8] Fison, J.A.I., xiv. p. 28.

[9] Natives of Central Australia, Spencer and Gillen, p. 97.

[10] Ibid., p. 111.

[11] Roth, N.W.C. Queensland Aborigines, p. 56.

[12] Starcke, The Primitive Family, p. 207.