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88 The following diagram, forwarded to me by Mr. Armstrong, shows in what lines, and with what limitations, Aboriginal marriages may be contracted in New Norcia:—



Mr. Samuel Bennett, in his History of Australian Discovery and Colonization, says, in reference to the Aborigines of the north-eastern parts of Australia, that "their laws of pedigree and marriage prescribe a complete classification