RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. 98: Swinhoe [-] Shanghai 26 March 1873 / p. 259 Chinamen don't shrug. CUL-DAR53.2.85. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 11.2025. 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-DAR53.2 contains drafts, notes & clippings for Darwin's book The expression of the emotions (1872) and notes to correct a further edition.
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Dn. 98:
Mr. Swinhoe, Shanghai 26/3/73
p. 259 Chinamen don't shrug: what they do
/ Low claims Ch. Stuart first & secd fingers of right hand in the nostrils to keep out a bee
cecil : the same action seen in a Rhesus
/ Dressing the eyes as a part of Chinese toilet
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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