RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. [Amount of mould brought up]. CUL-DAR65.38. 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
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Ch. 2 [amount] of mould but very common near square yard – nearly level mould only 3 to 4 inches thick. On terrace near sq yard 3 3/4 inch.
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There is reason to believe that the Terraces were formed about 150 years ago. So only 4 inches of fine mould accumulated in those times – at first very slow – but the Terraces is of course move by many mediums or [illeg] & occasionally swept when the leaves are falling & thus some amount of the castings are removed, yet this hardly accounts for the vegetable mould being only 4 inches thick
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