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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1929.11.09. Typed copy of Darwin's letter to Lawrence Jones (6 November 1881). CUL-DAR262.5.3. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 9.2023. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR262.5 contains Darwin's letters to Mary Treat and letters from Lawrence Jones to Buckston Browne. (Typed copies) 1872-1929.

This typed copy of the letter was sent by Lawrence J Jones to Buckston Browne in 1929. See CUL-DAR262.5.2.

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Nov. 6th 1881.

Down, Beckenham, Kent.

Dear Sir,

Pray excuse me for troubling you with a few lines to explain how I fell into the horrid blunder about the amount of ejected earth per acre. I find in my notes a calculation on the assumption that the worms worked during 45 days and a second calculation on their having worked for only 40 days, and I concluded this latter period was probably more correct, as the drought had lasted two or three weeks, than 45 days. We forgot to alter the number of days.

Once again thanking you and begging you to excuse me for troubling you, I remain, Dear Sir,

Yours faithfully

CH. DARWIN.

P.S.

One of my sons who is trustworthy, finds the relation between the weight for square yard and for acre, correct as I have given it.

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