[131] Loc. cit., p. 41.
[132] Loc. cit., p. 38.
[133] Ibid.
[134] p. 38.
[135] Ibid.
[136] p. 39.
[137] Loc. cit., p. 450.
[138] They are given by police troopers, stationmasters, etc. One of them is Sam Gason, whose information about the Dieri we know from another place. It is crude, but not quite useless; here he does not teach us anything new.
[139] Compare Trans. R.S.V., p. 118. Howitt says that in all South-Eastern tribes elopement was in use; especially if there was any difficulty in finding a relative for exchange, or if two people fell in love with each other. It was considered a breach of custom and law, but it was a valid, recognized form of marriage if legalized subsequently. Practically the same may be said of all tribes of the continent.
[140] Speaking of the South-Eastern tribes in general, Howitt says: "It may be safely laid down as a broad and general proposition that among these savages a wife was obtained by the exchange of a female relative, with the alternative possibility of obtaining one by inheritance (Levirate), by elopement, or by capture."—Trans. R.S.V., p. 115.