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CHAPTER II

THE CLASS SYSTEM

The class system in Australia—The varieties of marriage divisions in Australia—Mr. Fison on the great bisection—'Primary classes?'—The 'primary divisions' are themselves totemic and exogamous—The totem difficulty

CHAPTER III

TOTEMS WITHIN THE PHRATRIES

American support of the author's hypothesis—Deliberate arrangement—Totems all the way—Distribution of totems in the 'phratries'—The ideas of Mr. Frazer. His earlier theory—Objections to Mr. Frazer's early theory—Mr. Spencer's theories of the bisection—Advantages of the system here proposed—The Arunta—Arunta metaphysics—Arunta totem eating and traditions—Dr. Durkheim on the Arunta—The relations of totems and 'phratries' among the Arunta—Arunta myths—Mr. Spencer on Arunta legends

CHAPTER IV

ARUNTA PHRATRIES AND TOTEMS

Views of Dr. Durkheim—How did the Aranta anomaly arise?

CHAPTER V

OTHER BARS TO MARRIAGES

'Group marriage'—Mr. Morgan and the class system—Difficulties of Mr. Morgan's theory—Mr. Morgan on terms of relationship—How the terms of relationship originally arose—Supposed survivals of group marriage—Piraungaru and piraura—Growth of social rules in the tribe—Group marriage and Mr. Tylor's statistics

CHAPTER VI

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