From Dyson Lacy [before 13 August 1868]
Summary
Answers to CD’s queries on expression in natives of Queensland, Australia.
[Forwarded by Edward Wilson to CD.]
| Author: | Dyson Lacy |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 13 Aug 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 186: 49 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6374 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 10 Is disgust shewn by the lower lip being turned down the upper lip slightly raised with a sudden expiration something like incipient vomiting or spitting something out of the mouth? Ans Disgust is shewn in the above way also by shrugging the shoulders and uttering an exclamation like “Ugh” No 11 Is extreme fear expressed in the same general manner as with Europeans? Ans I have seen extreme fear expressed by a nervous twitching of hands, feet; lips, perspiration standing out on the skin, and an incapacity to hold their urine No 12 …
