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and in another case twenty-two grains of 1861 1866 1869 1872

1 blocks not present in 1859 1860 1861 1866; present in 1869 1872
Here is a better case: the leg of a woodcock was sent to me by a friend, with a little cake of dry earth attached to the shank, weighing only nine grains; and this contained a seed of the toad-rush (Juncus bufonius) which germinated and flowered.

have 1859 1860 1861
as suggested by Lyell, have 1866 1869 1872

as suggested by Lyell; 1859 1860 1861
OMIT 1866 1869 1872

the species of 1859 1860 1861
OMIT 1866 1869 1872

plants of other oceanic islands 1859 1860 1861
species in the other Atlantic islands which stand 1866
species in the other islands of the Atlantic, which stand 1869
species on the other islands of the Atlantic, which stand 1872

of the flora 1859 1860 1861
OMIT 1866 1869 1872

of dry argillaceous earth from
the
one
foot of a partridge, and in
the
this
earth there was a pebble
quite
quite
as large as the seed of a vetch. Thus seeds might occasionally be transported to great distances; for many facts could be given showing that soil almost
every-where
everywhere
is charged with seeds. Reflect for a moment on the millions of quails which annually cross the Mediterranean; and can we doubt that the earth adhering to their feet would sometimes include a few minute seeds? But I shall
presently
presently
have to recur to this subject.
As icebergs are known to be sometimes loaded with earth and stones, and have even carried brushwood, bones, and the nest of a land-bird,
it
I
can hardly
be doubted
doubt
that they must
occasionally,
occasionally
have transported seeds from one part to another of the arctic and
antaretic
antarctic
regions;
regions,
as suggested by Lyell; and during the Glacial period from one part of the now temperate regions to another. In the Azores, from the large number of the species of plants common to Europe, in comparison with the plants of other oceanic islands nearer to the mainland, and (as remarked by Mr. H. C. Watson) from
their
the
somewhat northern character of the flora in comparison with the latitude, I suspected that these islands had been partly stocked by ice-borne seeds, during the Glacial epoch. At my request Sir C. Lyell wrote to
Mr.
M.
Hartung to inquire whether he had observed erratic boulders on these islands, and he answered that he had found large fragments of granite and other rocks, which do not occur in the archipelago. Hence we may safely infer that icebergs formerly landed their rocky burthens on the shores of these mid-ocean islands, and it is at least possible that they may have brought thither
some few
the
seeds of northern plants.
Considering that
these
the
several
above
above
means of transport, and that
several
several
other means, which without