RECORD: Darwin, C. R. & Emma Darwin. n.d. Q. 7. Sneering. CUL-DAR186.8. 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. 7.
Sneering
No 2 Dyson Lacy – yes
3 Taplin – yes – but oftener an unaltered countenance
7 Lane yes-
8 Bunnett yes-
9 Bulmer yes-
India
13 H. Erskine yes but not from his own observation
14 J. Scott yes
Ceylon
16 Glenie yes
Abyssinia
23 Speedy yes.
26 Kafir — yes
China
27 Swinhoe yes.
N. America
30 Matthews No
31 Rottrock yes — sometimes — & often observe with tube adjoining to Atnahs
[Expression, p. 252.]
Malay
34 Geach observed once —
Dyaks
36 Look
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