PARENTES UTERINES ET CONSANGUINES

In America^ the custom of marryiug out of the clan is fréquent and well marked. More than twenty years ago^ Sir George Grey called attention to the division of the Auslralian into farnihes, each distinguished by the name of some animal or vegetable ^hich served as their crest^ or Eoboug; the practice of reckoning clanship from the mother^ and prohibition of marriage within the clan^ as ail bearing a striking resemblance to similar usages found among the nations of North America. The Indian tribes are usually divided into clans^ each distinguished by a Totem (Algonquin (Uhclaun ce that is a town mark ») which ia