CHAPTER V

MODE OF LIVING

I. _The relation of the family unit to the tribal and territorial organization of the aboriginal society_ (pp. 132 _sqq._).

Terminology (pp. 134, 135).--Statements (pp. 136-149).--Rough survey (pp. 149, 150).--The _territorial_ unit, the _local group_ a body of people possessing in common a tract of country and inhabiting it to the exclusion of anybody else (pp. 150-152).--Three different forms of possession of land in Australia (pp. 152, 153).--Idea of rights in a portion of land probably to a great extent of magico-religious character (p. 153).--The mode of living, the tribal division varying according to local conditions and with opportunities of food-supply. In the majority of tribes (especially those of the arid regions) small groupings of about one to three families usual (pp. 150-157).

II. _The internal structure of the local group, with reference to single families_ (pp. 158 _sqq._).

Statements (pp. 158-165).--Disposition of camps, the mode of occupying the huts and other functions of daily life subject to strict rules pointing to the isolation of the single families (pp. 165-167).