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 * || Tribe || Obtains wives from || Gives wives to
 * 1 || Wakelbura || 3 and 8 || 2 and 3
 * 2 || Auanbura || 1 " 14 || 5 " 6
 * 3 || Mutherabura || 2 " 13 || 13 " 1
 * 4 || Dorobura || 11 " 12 || 10 " 11
 * 5 || Tilbabura || 6 " 8 || 6 " 2
 * 6 || Terrabura || 8 " 2 || 5 " 8
 * 7 || Mutabura || 8 " 9 || 9 " 6
 * 8 || Kumbukabura || 6 " 10 || 7 " 1
 * 9 || Munkibura || 8 " 11 || 1 " 4
 * 10 || Boanbura || 4 " 10 || 12 " 10
 * 11 || Bingabura || 11 " 4 || 11 " 2
 * 12 || Babingbura || 3 " 13 || 3 " 13
 * 13 || Buthalibura || colspan="2" | Not ascertained.
 * }
 * 7 || Mutabura || 8 " 9 || 9 " 6
 * 8 || Kumbukabura || 6 " 10 || 7 " 1
 * 9 || Munkibura || 8 " 11 || 1 " 4
 * 10 || Boanbura || 4 " 10 || 12 " 10
 * 11 || Bingabura || 11 " 4 || 11 " 2
 * 12 || Babingbura || 3 " 13 || 3 " 13
 * 13 || Buthalibura || colspan="2" | Not ascertained.
 * }
 * 11 || Bingabura || 11 " 4 || 11 " 2
 * 12 || Babingbura || 3 " 13 || 3 " 13
 * 13 || Buthalibura || colspan="2" | Not ascertained.
 * }
 * 13 || Buthalibura || colspan="2" | Not ascertained.
 * }

In seven instances there is reciprocity between one of each of the intermarrying tribes, in one between both. The latter is, I think, the most usual custom.

The marriages and descents in the Bnntamurra tribe of the Bulloo River are as follows: —

This falls in with the normal marriage system of the four sub-class tribes with female descent.

The totemic marriages are also with descent in the female line, the child taking the totem of its mother. But