RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1880-1881]. Draft of Earthworms, p. 249. CUL-DAR65.126. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 7.2025. RN1

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the worms their intestinal canal, as Morren remarks (p. 16) is "impleta tenuissimâ terrâ veluti in pulverem redacta"; & that which is voided is so well mixed with some secretion that it is rendered viscid & when dried gets into hard little masses.

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Reference: C. F. Morren, De Lumbrici terrestris, 1829.

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