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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1872. [Earthworm research notes]. CUL-DAR63.12. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

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 volumes CUL-DAR63, CUL-DAR64 and CUL-DAR65 contain a diverse array of materials for Darwin's research on earthworms. All of the textual items in these folders, including this one, have been transcribed in a single file: CUL-DAR63-65.

Jan 29 /72

At bottom of above valley, where very slight slope coincides with late S. W. storms of W. & Rain, storms of Wind & rain, all the castings slope exactly as drenched yesterday in my field. On slope of turn Stony F. several similarly sloped up the slope! Of course wd have sloped more down the slope. Winds in storms certainly more effective then gravity on gentle slope.

I now feel sure that there must be in England a slow but steady flow of lime Earth for all S. W. to N. E. but [illeg] & carried off by every intervening valley or gully.

Case on Lawn of up slope on Jan 2d 1872

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