RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1872. [Earthworm research notes]. CUL-DAR63.17. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Prepared and edited by John van Wyhe 7.2025. 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 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.
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I have been observing the old castings marked with [pins] shortly after [retraction] from Leith Hill 2 or 3 months ago about 10 weeks ago, & I find some washed among almost almost completely away, as shown by yellow mud down slope between grassysome apparently blown quite away, & some still remaining with grass growing through them, & therein wd be permanently preserved!
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Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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