普那路亚家庭

普那路亚家庭或某种与它类似的形式，至少也应该和美洲的亲属制度同样流行过。

The punaluan family or a form similar to it must have been at the very least as widespread as this system of consanguinity .

不过，他仍然很幸运，在他的普那路亚家庭中碰到了最高的、典型的群婚形式，亦即可以用来更容易地说明向更高形式过渡的那种形式。

However , in his punaluan family he had had the good fortune to strike the highest , the classic form of group marriage , from which the transition to a higher stage can be explained most simply .

像澳大利亚所盛行的那种整个级别的结婚，无论如何，乃是群婚的一种十分低级的原始的形式；而普那路亚家庭，就我们所知道的而论，则是群婚的最高发展阶段。

Marriage between entire sections , as it prevails in australia , is in any case a very low and primitive form of group marriage , whereas the punaluan family , so far as we know , represents its highest stage of development .