RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1872. [Earthworm research notes]. CUL-DAR63.20. 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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Jan 25/72/

Visited steepish slope on Stony Field & Gamekeeper's field after late storms. Many of the castings have flowed like semi-fluid mortar (better simile than honey) over the rather coarse grass, & are about 5 inches in length in line of slope. — no dull finer matter washed down lower.

The aspect of these masses showed that they had flowed in parts of slope where wind had acted sideways the matter had flowed obliquely down the slope — Again I saw on moderate slope on Stony Field some cover of castings that had been blown a little up hill.


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