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Show ASTONISHMENrr. CHAP. XII. 288 . h . vVo have seen th,a t an indignant einl of nntlt r~1R. . 1 is shoulders, tnrnR - l . 1 d erect squates 1 1 JHan holds ns lOft ' 1 . fi t frowns and c oseR out his elbows, often clcncl~esdlJS fl~ 'helples~ man is in h ·l .... t tl attliu c o w .I • his mouth; w 1 ~ le Now a n1an 1n an every one of these de.tailsdth: reve~~ing and thinking of f f mind oing no ordinary . raine to' lar u' sua1 1 Y 1{ eep.s his two arms sus-nothing 111 par lCU • ' ·a 'th his Ihands son1ewhat d d 1 1 by h1s SI es, WI I,, £ t pen e ax Y • too-ether. There ore, o f-lexed, and the finger1s n~:ttlr tlle whole arms or the . h ms sudden y ei 1er h rmse t e ar h ' 1 f-lat and to separate t e f.o re-arms, t o ope.n t e pa. m. CsY ht ' the arms, ext end 't ng r. or aCYaln to str m b en · ungers,- ' o ' h t d fit1o·er·s -are move- 1 d · t separa e b • ' them b~c nvar s Wl 'th . to those preserved under · n1plete anh esis . n1ents In co f . d nd they are, In consc- . d' fT ent frame o min ' a an lll 1 er sciously assume d bv an astonished man. J • • quence, · unc1o n ft n a cl es1. re t o di' "play surprise In a ~ .. rrhere IS, a SO, 0 e c d t] bove attitudes are well · anner an 1e a 1 conspicuous m ' be asked why shoulc fitted for this purpose. It hmay t t . of the mind be . d only a few ot er s a es ' snrpnse, an t . tl'thesis to others. But h 'b't d by movemen s ln an ex l l e . . b b. ht into play in the case this principle will not e roug t . suffering f tl e ernotions, such as terror, grea JOY.' . £· o lOS . urall lead to certain hnes o or rage, whwh nat ~ h body for t. c1 produce certaul effects on t e ' ac .Jon an · d. and these the whole svstenl is thus preoccupl.e ' c st onlotions are of already thus expressed with the greate plainness. · f aston1sh- 'rhere is another little gesture, expre.ssl ve o e1 the t f hich I can offer no explanation; nam y, f n1en , o w 1 me part o h d bei.ng placed over the mout 1 or on so an d 'tl any races h 1 1 '!'his has been observe Wl 1 so m . . A t e 1eac. t 1 ona1n 0 f man that it must have .some na ura c f .11 of ild Au' stralian was ta1 \ :en I· nt o a_ 1a rge room ud he :fficial papers, which surprised him greatly, an CHAP. XII. FEAR. 2 9 cried out, clue!(,, cluck, cluclc, putting the back of hi. hand towards his lips. Mrs. Barber says that the Kafir. and Fingoes expre s astoni hment by a serious look and by placing the right hand upon the mouth, uttering the word mawo, which means 'wonderful.' The Bushmen are said 13 to put their right hands to their neck, bending their heads backwards. Mr. Winwood Read has observed that the negroes on the West Coast of Africa when surprised, clap their hands to their mouths, saying at the san1e time, " ~I y mouth cleaves to me," i.e. to 1ny hands; and he has heard that this is their usual gesture on such occasions. Captain Speedy informs me that the Abyssinians place their right hand to the forehead, with tl1e palm outside. Lastly, Mr. Washington l\fatthews states that the conventional sign of astonishment with the wild tribes of the western parts of the United States'' is made by placing the half-closed hand " over the mouth ; in doing this, the head is often bent " forwards, and words 01· low groans are sometimes " uttered." Catlin 14 makes the same remark about the hand being pressed over the mouth by the Mandans and other Indian tribes. Ad1niration.-Little need be said on this head. Admiration apparently consists of surprise associated with some pleasure and a sense of approval. When vividly felt, the eyes are opened and the eyebrows raised; the eyes become bright, instead of remaining· blank, as under simple astonishment; and the mouth, instead of gaping open, expands into a smile. Fear, Terror.-The worcl 'fear' seems to be deriveu 13 Huschke, ibid. p. 18. 14 'North American Indians,' 3rd edit. 1842, vol. i. p. 105. u |