p.

494] while female descent and the belief in Baiame mark the Euahlayi and Wir djuri.

[JOURNAL, ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, XXV., p.

297.] These tribes cover an enormous area of country, and, though they have not advanced to male kinship, they all possess the belief in an All Father.

That belief does not appear to be in any way associated with advance in social organisation, for Messrs.