RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1871.01.04. Very Heavy Rain & storm last night [Earthworm research notes] CUL-DAR63.3. 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
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Jan 4 /71/ Very Heavy Rain & storm last night — some pools of water quite clear on Lawn- On steep slope with castings [could] hardly fail to be muddy. Castings several subside, but not so much as I expected. The chalk last put on castings almost or quite washed away. — Some signs of washing away on old chalk castings — (Clear case of old disintegrated blown leewards, & on one steepish slope, all blown away from between ruins)
Crumble blown
Dr King
["Dr. King, the superintendent of the Botanic Garden in Calcutta", Earthworms, pp. 5ff.]
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