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RECORD: Winchester, C . 1855. Shell rain in the Isle of Wight. Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette (27 October): 710.

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 2.2021. RN2

NOTE: See the record for this item in the Freeman Bibliographical Database by entering its Identifier here. Darwin replied to this item in: Darwin, C. R. 1855. Shell rain in the Isle of Wight. Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette no. 44 (3 November): 726-727. Text (F1685). See also Winchester's reply in A639.

[page] 710

[To the editor]

Will you kindly favour me with some information respecting the history of the inclosed, which fell in countless numbers during a thunderstorm which passed over Osborne a few days ago.

C. Winchester, Osborne.

(It is a little landshell, called Zua lubrica, common under stones and among Moss all over the north of Europe. The shower which fell at Osborne must have been carried by some violent storm. Can any correspondent suggest where the Zua can have been found by the storm in sufficient quantity?)

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