RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1857.07. Etty poured out water into glass & kitten shook foot at sound. CUL-DAR189.3. 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-DAR189 contains material for Darwin's book Expression of the emotions.
The brown crayon number '25' indicates that this document was filed by Darwin in a portfolio for the subject of expression.
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July 1857
Etty poured out water into glass & kitten shook foot at sound.—
Dogs scratching ground after excrement — yet do not cover up with earth.
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[Expression, p. 46: "My daughter poured some water into a glass close to the head of a kitten; and it immediately shook its feet in the usual manner; so that here we have an habitual movement falsely excited by an associated sound instead of by the sense of touch."]
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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