Geach, F. F. to Darwin, C. R.
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Answers to queries about Expressions
No. of Query
1 — All the Malays of this district Men, Women & Children, when asked to show where any thing has been put, as a knif, Sarong, or an article of dress, look towards the spot, or article, and pout or elongate the lips— Similar to a monkey attempting to make friends with his Master.
2 A Bugis Man
Face. Neck. Arms. Body to waist
— A Chinese man age 24
Face. Arms. & Breast
— A Malay man
D
— A Malay Woman
Face, only seen.
— A Chinese Woman
Face, and Neck.
— A Chinese Man
Face.
A Bugis Man
Face. Arms. & Breast.
3 — A Bugis Man.
First part of question— Yes, and opened his hands.
4. Malay Man
Frowns, looks down, wrinkles the skin about the eye.
— Another man wrinkles on the brow and lifts up his head.
— Another man.
Depressed Corners of the mouth, the chin & forehead in wrinkles.
— Another— Frowns.
— Another. Corners of the mouth depressed Chin & Forehead in
wrinkles. Frowns.
— With a Bugis Man
Latter part of the question
— A Malay boy. Do. D
— A Malay man— Yes—
— Another man. Frowns.
5 A Malay man. From Malacca.
The Corners of the mouth much depressed.
The Nose & inner Corners of the eye wrinkled the brow deeply
grooved and short.
A very strange expression, the man turned his head & it was gone, very much like a person about to cry at some great loss. Only one opportunity
No 6. A Bugis man
Corners of the mouth a little raised. Under the eyes slightly wrinkled
7. My Malay boat man
Only seen once.
8. A Bugis man. Yes. "
" A Malay man Yes "
9 — I have not a Note —
10th All Malays answer to spitting something from the mouth
11 — Malays become White Shake
12 Malay Woman. Yes—
13 A Malay Man
Beautifully discribed
13. A Bugis Man Yes.
opens his legs.
14. Malay Boys & Girls ``Yes''
15. Not a Note
16.— do do
17. Malay Men & Women Yes
4 July 1868
Malay Peninsula
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CD had sent Geach a copy of his Queries about expression after receiving his address from Alfred Russel Wallace in March 1867; Geach had sent preliminary replies in June 1867 (see Correspondence vol. 15, letter from F. F. Geach, June 1867 and n. 2). For a copy of CD's printed list of questions, produced in late 1867 or early 1868, see Correspondence vol. 16, Appendix V. - +
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Bugis: `a people of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi (formerly Celebes)' (OED). - +
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CD cited Geach's answer to his question about the extent of blushing in Expression, p. 317, adding some contextual information from Geach that is neither in this letter nor in Geach's letter and enclosure of June 1867 (Correspondence vol. 15). - +
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CD quoted Geach's answer to his question about the expression of sadness in Expression, p. 187. - +
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CD cited Geach's answer to his question about the exposure of the canine teeth in sneering and snarling in Expression, p. 252. - +
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CD quoted Geach's answer to his question about the expression of disgust in Expression, p. 261. - +
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CD combined Geach's answers to his question about shrugging to express inability to do something from this letter and from the enclosure to Geach's letter of June 1867 (Correspondence vol. 15) in Expression, p. 268.