RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1871. [Earthworm research notes]. CUL-DAR64.1.2. 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 volume CUL-DAR64.1 contains material for Earthworms, experiments on worms; different locales & photographs and cuttings from journals.
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Nov. 14/71/
The white sand in Gower St thrown up on bare garden ground — in wood of Sandwalk about 2 years ago — Settled lime & casting at top, 23 inches from ground castings result of the red sand mingled with dark earth. — I traced some of those down & found the open paper coated with black earth — whether sand yielded & hole thus been too large & was coated with the worms' voidings. — or whether sand was too rough, I cannot say — It wd appear that same passage long used.—
Finest earth best fitted to be washed amongst [illeg]
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