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March 20/81/ Several narrow & broad which had been drawn by base into burrow, had whole base or one corner much bent — Then were left for some hours in with & then repeatedly shaken beneath the wetter, by the few worms not thus attracted & when dried were strongly bent, though not so much as at first — Even passing them repeatedly with some force between 2 fingers under water did not straighten them, except in one when the flower had been at first very slight — The dirt, owing to slime from worm's body adhered pertinaciously.

Therefore a proportion of them drawn in by apex with any trace of bent base is very small we may feel sun this worm do not draw in the [triangle] by any angle & then reject those which will not go in with. But for analogy of leaves & what I saw with [triangles] it is probable that they

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N.B when the base clear, as well as not bent it shows that the basal part cannot even have been tried in mouth of burrow — when dirty it does not from this its has been tried, for many have been thus many dragged to near burrow.

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draw them into any way to near burrows & then perceive by trench which is bent in the end or gently try to insert them & if they will not go in wall (& then will apply the petiole end of leaves) try some other methods. The latter contingency is the most probable; but even this shows intelligence, for generally the ordinary & instructive actions of most animals are passed in the most senseless manner — Thus — ants (worm wiser than Sphex)

I have said intelligence — give [discussion] — Romanes—

I think first abstract of all the cases, without saying about how a man wd prefer to work & the reason on the cases.