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460 MALEKULA most striking is the similarity between the words Nelzm and Nalau/an, Neliam or Nilan, the names of a. single association found in districts to the south, north, and south-east of the region in which the Nelan flourished. The second fact which is important is the seclusion of the candidates which takes place in the Nelan of Lagalag, and in the Seniang Nalamm Vinbamp, though the element of torture which characterizes the former seems to be absent from the latter. Finally this view is supported by Deacon's ovm statement : â€ù I am convinced,â€ù he writes, “that the Nalawan is a fundamental institution in at least the patrilineal area of the New Hebrides." 1 1 This was written before he had discovered the six-section system of kinship organization in Ambryrn, which is based on a recognition equally of patrihneal and matrilineal relatives. Deacon himself nowhere discusses the relation of the Nelan and Nimmlgki 11,1 to the Nlldfllï¬Åfl. He Cflnï¬Åuefl himself to the statement that they were quite distinct from the ordinary Nimaflgki, and as shown above he regards the Nimmlgki Tlal as being closely similar to the Tamnt: of the Banks Islands. In order to make the analysis of the dis- tribution of the Nnhzwan complete it seemed desirable to intr0duce this discussion concerning the probable relation of the Nelizn and Nimamgki Tlel to the Nalau/an.
