Thus  a  man  may  steal  another  man's  wife  if  he  can  ;  but,
as  already  mentioned,  he  may  not  under  any  circumstances
marry  a  woman  of  the  same  clan,  even  though  not  related
in  the  remotest  degree.  There  are  certain  great  families,
such  as  the  Ballaroke,  Tdondarup,  Ngotak,  Nagarnook,
Nogonyuk,  Mongalmy,  and  Narrangur,  which  occur  over

1  Transactions  of  Ethn.  Soc.^  New  Series,  vol.  ii.  p.  84.
2  Eyre,  vol.  ii.  p.  392.  ^  Z.c,  pp.  2,  215,  also  p.  320.
*  L.c.^  vol.  ii.  p.  387.  ^  L.c,  vol.  ii.  p.  249.
452  PREHISTORIC   TIMES

a  great  portion  of  the  continent,  and  within  which  marriage
is  not  permitted.^  Every  tribe  is  divided  into  clans,  and
no  man  may  marry  a  woman  belonging  to  his  own  clan.
