From L. C. Wedgwood [5 May 1870]1
I can perceive no difference between the motion of the horses ears when he turns them before kicking, and when he turns them for any other reason, (except fear which is different)2
I think you wanted to know about the babys brows.
When vext at anything & crying (without tears) he does straighten his eyebrows, raising the inner corner a very little
What is most conspicuous is a pucker on the bridge of the nose and 2 lines sloping across the forehead something like that. I have seen the same thing when he has been dazzled in the sunshine too.3
My worms have not turned up any earth since I enclosed them4
I am with many thanks for yr. letter | yr. afft. niece | Lucy Wedgwood
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Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Expression: The expression of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Summary
Expression in horses.
Crying in babies.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7179
- From
- Lucy Caroline Wedgwood/Lucy Caroline Harrison
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 181: 60
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp inc †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7179,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7179.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18
