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firmly closed. They approached each other, with heads 

 and necks stretched forwards, and pushed, scratched, 

 and grasped at each other. This protrusion of the head 

 and body seems a common gesture with the enraged; 

 and I have noticed it with degraded English women 

 whilst quarrelling violently in the streets. In such cases 

 it may be presumed that neither party expects to receive 

 a blow from the other. 



A Bengalee employed in the Botanic Gardens was 

 accused, in the presence of Mr. Scott, by the native 

 overseer of having stolen a valuable plant. He listened 

 silentlv and scornfullv to the accusation: his attitude 

 erect, chest expanded, mouth closed, lips protruding, 

 eyes firmly set and penetrating. He then defiantly 

 maintained his innocence, with upraised and clenched 

 hands, his head being now pushed forwards, with the 

 eyes widely open and eyebrows raised. Mr. Scott also 

 watched two Mechis, in Sikhim, quarrelling about their 

 share of pa} r ment. They soon got into a furious pas- 

 sion, and then their bodies became less erect, with their 

 heads pushed forwards; they made grimaces at each 

 other; their shoulders were raised; their arms rigidly 

 bent inwards at the elbows, and their hands spasmodic- 

 ally closed, but not properly clenched. They continually 

 approached and retreated from each other, and often 

 raised their arms as if to strike, but their hands were 

 open, and no blow was given. Mr. Scott made similar 

 observations on the Lepchas whom he often saw quar- 

 relling, and he noticed that they kept their arms rigid 

 and almost parallel to their bodies, with the hands pushed 

 somewhat backwards and partially closed, but not 

 clenched. 



Sneering, Defiance : Vncovering the canine tooth on 

 one side. — The expression which I wish here to consider 



