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Show 2-l ANGEH. CHAP. X. North An1orica; and, according to lVIr. Matthew. , thny then hold their heads erect, frown, and often stalk away with long , tt·ide . l\{r. Bridge-~ states that tho l?nogians, when enrao·ed, frequently . tttmp on the gt·ound, walk diRtra teen; about, sometim s cry and grow pale. The ltov. Mr. Stack watchocl a Now Zealand man ancl w01nan quarrelling, and made the following entry in his note-book: "Eyes dilated, body swayeJ violently " backward and forwards, h ad inclined forward:::;, fist~ " cl nchod, now thrown behind the body, now directed " towards each other's £_tees." Mr. Swinhoe says that, 1ny description agrees with what he has Reen of the ChinoRe, excepting that an angry rnan generally inclines hiR body towards his antagonist, and pointing at hi1n, pours forth a volley of abu e. Lastly, with respect to the natives of India, l\[r. J. ott has sent 1ne a full description of their gestures and expression when enraged. Two low-caste Bongalees di. puted about a loan. At first they were calm, but soon gr w furion. and poured forth the grossest abtL'O on each oth r's relations and progenitors for many generations past. 'fhcir gestures wore very different from those of Europeans; for though their chests were expanded ancl shoulders squared, their ar1ns remained rigidly suspende<i, with the elbows turned inwards and the hanJs alternately clenched and opened. 'fheir shoulders were often raised high, and then again lowered. 11hey looked fiercely at each other frun1 und(•r th ir lowered and strongly wrinkled brows, and thcjr protruded lips were finnly closed. 'fhey approachcJ each other, with heads and necks stretched forwaras, nn(l pushed, scratched, and grasped at each other. This protrusion of the head and body seems a co1nmon gesture with the enraged ; and I have noticed it with d graded English wo1non whilst quarrelling violently h1 ('JJAI'. X. ' SNEERING AND DEFIANCE. ,249 the stl' ots. In . n h ases it may be pr . nmod that 110ither party e .. rp ctH to rec iv a blow from the oth r. A B ngalee etnpl y d in tho Botani Gardens was accn ed, in tho pr en e of Mr. cott, by the nativ ovo1-. cor of lu1ving t l n a valuable plant. He li tened silently and cornfully t th ac usation; hi attitude oroct, ·h t expand d, mouth clos d, lips protruding, \yes firn1ly set and p ~uetrating. He then defiantly Jlutintaine l hi· inu cenc , with uprai d and clench (l hand , his h ad b ing now pushed forwards, with the oy s wid ly op n and eyebrows rai. ed. Mr. Scott al o watch d two M- chi., in ~ikhim, quarrelling about theie shar of payn1ont. Th y soon got into a furiou · pasRion, and th n their bo li s beca1ne less erect, with th ir heads pushed forward ; they made grimaces at each other; their houldors w re raised; theit· arms rigidly Lent in wards at the I bows, and their hands spasmodically clo ed, but not properly clen hed. 11hey continually approached and retreated from each other, and often rai ed their ar1n as if to strike, but their hands w ro open, and no blow was given. , l\1r. Scott made 'itnilar ob ervation ~ on the Lcpchas wh n1 he often saw quarT lling, and he noticed that they kept their arm. rigid and almost 1 arallel to theit, bodies, with the han ls pu h d otnowhat backwards and partially closed, but not clenched. Sneett·ing, Defiance: Uncovering the canine tooth on one side.-The ex pre sion which I wish here to consider clifl'er but little fron1 that already de ribed, when th lip are retracted and the grinning tooth exposed. Th differen e consi ts solely in the upper lip being r tracted in such a manner that th canine to th on one side of th face alone i hown; the face it elf being gen rally a littl upturned and half av . rt c1 fro1n the per. nn |