Scott-Nind says about the natives of King George Sound, "An encampment rarely consists of more than seven or eight huts; for, except the fishing and burning seasons, at which times large parties assemble together, their numbers are generally small, and two or three huts suffice. The number of individuals, however, seldom exceeds fifty."[446] "These encampments generally consist of near relatives, and deserve the name of families rather than of tribes."[447] Natives who live together have the exclusive right of fishing or hunting upon the neighbouring grounds, which are, in fact, divided into individual properties; the quantity of land owned by each individual being very considerable. Yet it is not exclusively his, but others of his family have certain rights over it; so that it may be considered as partly belonging to the tribe. The individual owner must be present on his grounds when the members of his group fire the country for game.[448] We have here again the local group as real and exclusive land-owner, the individual having only mere formal rights over the land. Scott-Nind describes with details how in connection with and dependence on plentiful food supply, the natives gather in larger numbers at appropriate seasons.[449] He says in several places that the parties in which the natives live and roam about number only a few individuals. [446] _Loc. cit._, p. 28. [447] _Ibid._ [448] _Ibid._; compare also p. 44. [449] _Loc. cit._, p. 36.