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Mitchell mentions several chiefs, on the Bogan and elsewhere,
who were named Kumbo. Now observe that in the course of
a few generations every blackfellows descendants come into
the class of Ippai and also into that of Kumbo
{Refer Kubbi + Ippata tree on original document}
It may be seen that while the line of father
and son is kept in Kumbos and Kubbis the children
of Kubbi's daughter Buta are Ippai and Ippata,
and their children are Murri and Mata. Here then is
a rigid rule of descent, and caste privilege
associated with it; yet the rule is so peculiar
that a man's children belong to another class
than his own, and his grand children and great
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