RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1873. [Earthworm research notes]. CUL-DAR63.23. 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 2d 1873
After very heavy late rains & strong wind innumerable cases in my Field of castings with windward side sloping & lee-side steeper or perpendicular or overarching.
Shallow pools of water in my field in depression are decidedly muddy & mud deposited on leaves at bottom; are surrounded by grass, I think must be due to washing of numerous castings
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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