[85.1] Among those who incline more or less definitely to accept this
view are the late Dr. A. W. Howitt (“Notes on some Australian Class
Systems,” _Journal of the Anthropological Institute_, xii. (1883) pp.
502 _sq._), Dr. R. H. Codrington (see below, p. 86), M. Joustra (see
below, p. 85), and the Rev. J. H. Weeks (see above, p. 76). Three of
these writers are experienced missionaries who are only concerned to
record the facts, and have no theories to maintain.
[85.2] _Totemism and Exogamy_, ii. 188 _sq._ The authority for these
statements is M. Joustra, “Het leven, de zeden en gewoonten der
Bataks,” _Mededeelingen van wege het Nederlandsche
Zendelinggenootschap_, xlvi. (1902) pp. 391 _sq._
[86.1] R. H. Codrington, D.D., _The Melanesians_ (Oxford, 1891), p.
232.
[87.1] R. H. Codrington, _op. cit._ p. 43.
[88.1] Max Girschner, “Die Karolineninsel Námōluk und ihre
Bewohner,” _Baessler-Archiv_, ii. (1912) p. 164.
[90.1] P. G. Peckel, “Die Verwandtschaftsnamen des mittleren
Neumecklenburg,” _Anthropos_, iii. (1908) pp. 467, 470 _sq._
[90.2] P. G. Peckel, _op. cit._ pp. 463, 467.
[90.3] Rev. J. Roscoe, _The Baganda_ (London, 1911), pp. 128 _sq._,
131; Sir Harry Johnston, _The Uganda Protectorate_ (London, 1904), ii.
695. The latter writer says generally: “Cousins cannot enter the same
house, and must not eat out of the same dish. A man cannot marry his
cousin.” But from Mr. Roscoe’s researches it appears that a man has
only to avoid certain cousins, called _kizibwewe_, that is, the
daughters either of his father’s sisters or of his mother’s brothers.
[91.1] Rev. J. Roscoe, _op. cit._ p. 129. Among the women with whom
man was forbidden to have sexual relations under pain of death were
(besides his cousins mentioned above) his father’s sister, his
daughter, and his wife’s sister’s daughter. See J. Roscoe, _op. cit._
pp. 131, 132. The reason alleged for avoiding a mother-in-law, namely,
because a man has seen her daughter’s nakedness (compare above, p. 76)
is probably a later misinterpretation of the custom.
[91.2] G. McCall Theal, _Records of South-Eastern Africa_, vii. (1901)
pp. 431, 432. The writer adds: “Among the tribes within the Cape
Colony at the present time the differences are as follows:--
“Xosas, Tembus, and Pondos: marry no relative by blood, however
distant, on either father’s or mother’s side.
“Hlubis and others commonly called Fingos: may marry the daughter of
mother’s brother and other relatives on that side, but not on father’s
side.
“Basuto, Batlaro, Batlapin, and Barolong: very frequently marry
cousins on father’s side, and know of no restrictions beyond actual
sisters.”
[92.1] Henri A. Junod, _The Life of a South African Tribe_ (Neuchatel,
1912-1913), i. 243-245. As to the rules concerning the marriage of
cousins in this tribe, see _id._ i. 241 _sq._
[92.2] Heinrich Claus, _Die Wagogo_ (Leipsic and Berlin, 1911), p. 58.
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