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March 6 1881

I have been trying repeatedly with fine pincers drawing narrow triangles of dry & damp paper into cylindrical hole of about size of worm-burrow, & the triangles were seized at all points & in all direction with might to great length longer angles of triangles - when seized they were doubled up at that point – so that if seized near to middle they wd be called doubled in worm burrow – if near apex the terminal part was darker – so if near bases – The side point which was clean this above seized when near to base they were very difficult to draw in, & were

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were much easier when seized by one of basal angles or by narrow base between these angles. It is an almost invariable rule when worms have dragged trash in by base, they are dragged in for very short distance comparable to what occur with the apex.