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forms. Consequently, when I read Sir C. Bell's great 

 work, his view, that man had been created with cer- 

 tain muscles specially adapted for the expression of 

 his feelings, struck me as unsatisfactory. It seemed 

 probable that the habit of expressing our feelings by 

 certain movements, though now rendered innate, had 

 been in some manner gradually acquired. But to dis- 

 cover how such habits had been acquired was perplex- 

 ing in no small degree. The whole subject had to be 

 viewed under a new aspect, and each expression de- 

 manded a rational explanation. This belief led me to 

 attempt the present work, however imperfectly it may 

 have been executed. 



I will now give the names of the gentlemen to whom, 

 as I have said, I am deeply indebted for information in 

 regard to the expressions exhibited by various races of 

 man, and I will specify some of the circumstances under 

 which the observations were in each case made. Owing 

 to the great kindness and powerful influence of Mr. 

 Wilson, of Hayes Place, Kent, I have received from 

 Australia no less than thirteen sets of answers to my 

 queries. This has been particularly fortunate, as the 

 Australian aborigines rank amongst the most distinct of 

 all the races of man. It will be seen that the observa- 

 tions have been chiefly made in the south, in the out- 

 lying parts of the colony of Victoria; but some excel- 

 lent answers have been received from the north. 



Mr. Dyson Lacy has given me in detail some valu- 

 able observations, made several hundred miles in the 

 interior of Queensland. To Mr. E. Brough Smyth, 

 of Melbourne, I am much indebted for observations made 

 by himself, and for sending me several of the following 

 letters, namely: — From the Eev. Mr. Hagenauer, of 



