RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. [Notes on Earthworms proofs]. CUL-DAR65.102-103. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 8.2021. 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.


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Section 9 (paragraph 10)

No writing to be copied

Part between pencil-lines to be copied.

Upper bed of mould to be dark with grass & to match upper bed in section 8.

"Burnt wood" dark as in 8

"Broken mortar & concrete" to be Engraved like 2d bed in 8.

"Burnt wood" again shaded same way as above

"a bed of rubble &" only somewhat different from mortar & concrete

"The natural (underlying) gravel" to be engraved quite differently

 

Section 10.

Right side within pencil-lines

Upper bed of mould with grass engraved exactly like the same in sections 8 & 9

"Broken tiles & rubble" engraved like "bed of rubble" in 9.

"Jet black decayed timber" engraved like the burnt wood in 9.

"Deep gravel" engraved or shaded like gravel in 9.

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