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A Monthly Record of Anthropological Science, Published Under the Direction of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 1909, Nos. 1-113, With Plates A-MTotemism. Seligmann. Linked Totems in British New Guinea. By C. G. Seligmann, M.D.It would be possible to reply to the particular points raised by Mr. Lang s note in sufficient detail to enable him to utilise my account for the work of reference, but to do this would need so many lengthy explanations and reservations that it seems that my best course is to send to man sufficient extracts from my worked-up material to make clear the chief peculiarities of the totemism of south-east British New Guinea. To this end I will describe the conditions I found at Wagawaga, a Milne Bay community.I must preface my remarks by stating that the dwellings of the communities of this part of New Guinea are arranged in scattered groups (at Wagawaga they are spread over a frontage of about yards) which I call hamlets. The members of each hamlet, excepting people who have married in or been adopted, are closely related by blood, and are, in fact, a somewhat extended family group. Thus the householders of each hamlet are, or should be, of one clan, but in the community there are many hamlets belonging to each of its constituent clans, though each hamlet has its own name and exercises a considerable degree of autonomy.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to