A Lineage was by far the largest agnatic stock I came across. One man put its strength at one hundred households, another at sixty. In fact, about fifty households claimed or were said to be agnates of this stock - most of them on reliable grounds. In this lineage, unlike others, the main segments had not acquired names of their own. But the leading households in the stock were split into two hostile groups, one (Ax) containing ten and the other (Ay) eighteen households. This second larger wing was itself genealogically segmented into two. In one of these, all eight households, who were close agnates of the four brothers who lead it, were effective members, but in the other segment only some of the households seemed to take much interest. Another group of four households, brothers or brothers' sons to each other, acknowledged agnatic connection to this main stock, but seemed uncommitted if not unfriendly. A fourth group of six agnatically related households had a separate lineage name, and one of its wealthy members denied any connection with A. But the evidence including some of his own, was against him. The remaining households of the fifty were divided into small groups of close agnates, ranging from two to five households, not too sure of their agnatic connections, and not particularly interested.