RECORD: Darwin, C. R. & Emma Darwin. n.d. Q 16 Silence. CUL-DAR186.17. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 10.2023. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR186 contains answers to 'Queries about expression' summarised by subject (contempt, good spirits, indignation etc.) and geographically (Australia, Brazil, China etc.), research leading to Expression (F1142).
Darwin's 'Queries about expression' can be found in Darwin 1867, [Darwin] 1867, Darwin 1868, CUL-DAR53.1.B2, CUL-DAR186.1 and Expression pp. 15-16. On these see Freeman and Gautrey 1972, 1975 and Freeman 1977. A later version is in Darwin 1874. See van Wyhe, Comparison of three versions of Darwin's 'Queries about expression'.
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Q 16.
Silence
Australia
No 2 Dyson Lacy yes
3 Taplin No -
5 Hagenauer yes
6 Lang yes
7 Lane yes
8 Bunnett yes
9 Bulmer No another sign given
India
13 Erskine yes – but adopted from English natives finger to nose
14 Scott yes
S. Africa
18 Barber no another sign
Abyssinia
23 Speedy no pat the lips
25 Gray yes.
26 Kafir yes -
China
27 Swinhoe No shut lips & put finger to lips
Brazil
28 F. Müller yes
N. America
30 Matthews no. finger to lips or wave hand downwds
31 Rottrock yes
Malay
33 Wallace No
Dvyaks.
36 no
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