| Identifier: |
UVa-Darwin-Evolution-3314-1.48 |
| Date: |
1867.08.27 |
| Name: |
Darwin Charles Robert, Sclater Philip Lutley |
| Attributed title: |
Charles Darwin to F. [sic] P[hilip] Mansel Weale [1867], August 27. ALS, 4 pp. on 1 l.; with envelope, postmarked. Concerning plants native to the Cape of Good Hope; observations on human expression by a brother of a Kaffir chief. Thanks Weale for information about children pouting and claims that this expression is also found among Indian children. Disagrees with the French who claim there is "a grief muscle," and describes the muscles of the face involved in frowning. He also thanks him for a specimen of locust dung, and mentions experimenting on the dung for seeds. |
| Description: |
Charles Darwin to F. [sic] P[hilip] Mansel Weale [1867], August 27. ALS, 4 pp. on 1 l.; with envelope, postmarked. Concerning plants native to the Cape of Good Hope; observations on human expression by a brother of a Kaffir chief. Thanks Weale for information about children pouting and claims that this expression is also found among Indian children. Disagrees with the French who claim there is "a grief muscle," and describes the muscles of the face involved in frowning. He also thanks him for a specimen of locust dung, and mentions experimenting on the dung for seeds.
The Paul Victorius Evolution Collection |
| Document type: |
Correspondence |
