2-16 ANGER. Chap. X. 



server speaks of the native men, when enraged, throwing 

 their arms wildly about. 



I have received similar accounts, except as to the 

 clenching of the fists, in regard to the Malays of the 

 Malacca peninsula, the Abyssinians, and the natives of 

 South Africa. So it is with the Dakota Indians of North 

 America; and, according to Mr. Matthews, they then 

 hold their heads erect, frown, and often stalk away with 

 long strides. Mr. Bridges states that the Fuegians, when 

 enraged, frequently stamp on the ground, walk distract- 

 edly about, sometimes cry and grow pale. The Rev. Mr. 

 Stack watched a New Zealand man and woman quarrel- 

 ling, and made the following entry in his note-book: 

 " Eyes dilated, body swayed violently backwards and for- 

 wards, head inclined forwards, fists clenched, now thrown 

 behind the body, now directed towards each other's 

 faces." Mr. Swinhoe says that my description agrees 

 with what he has seen of the Chinese, excepting that an 

 angry man generally inclines his body towards his an- 

 tagonist, and pointing at him, pours forth a volley of 

 abuse. 



Lastly, with respect to the natives of India, Mr. J. 

 Scott has sent me a full description of their gestures 

 and expression when enraged. Two low-caste Bengalees 

 disputed about a loan. At first they were calm, but soon 

 grew furious and poured forth the grossest abuse on each 

 other's relations and progenitors for many generations 

 past. Their gestures were very different from those of 

 Europeans; for though their chests were expanded and 

 shoulders squared, their arms remained rigidly sus- 

 pended, with the elbows turned inwards and the hands 

 alternately clenched and opened. Their shoulders were 

 often raised high, and then again lowered. They looked 

 fiercely at each other from under their lowered and 

 strongly wrinkled brows, and their protruded lips were 



