. The expression of the emotions in man and animals. Chap. XI. SHRUGGING THE SHOULDEES. 265 arms were placed, I was not at all aware that my eye-brows were raised and mouth opened, until I looked atmyself in a glass; and since then I have noticed thesame movements in the faces of others. In the accom-panying Plate VI., figs. 3 and 4, Mr. Kejlander has suc-cessfully acted the gesture of shrugging the shoulders. Englishmen are much less demonstrative than themen of most other European nations, and they shrugtheir shoulders far less frequently and energetically thanFrenchmen or Italians do. The g
. The expression of the emotions in man and animals. Chap. XI. SHRUGGING THE SHOULDEES. 265 arms were placed, I was not at all aware that my eye-brows were raised and mouth opened, until I looked atmyself in a glass; and since then I have noticed thesame movements in the faces of others. In the accom-panying Plate VI., figs. 3 and 4, Mr. Kejlander has suc-cessfully acted the gesture of shrugging the shoulders. Englishmen are much less demonstrative than themen of most other European nations, and they shrugtheir shoulders far less frequently and energetically thanFrenchmen or Italians do. The gesture varies in alldegrees from the complex movement, just described, toonly a momentary and scarcely perceptible raising ofboth shoulders; or, as I have noticed in a lady sitting inan arm-chair, to the mere turning slightly outwards ofthe open hands with separated fingers. I have neverseen very young English children shrug their shoulders,but the following case was observed with care by amedical professor and excellent observer, and has beencommu
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