To T. H. Farrer 10 October [1880]1
From Mr. C. Darwin, Down, Beckenham.
Oct. 10th.
Many thanks: as you say you will send copy of notes made at time, I will keep all the documents & return all together.2 From the section, which I made with measurements, it is certain that the eastern trench was outside the E. boundary wall of the Atrium, & therefore within the next room to the East, marked “never completely excavated:” the other trench was parallel & at W. end of Atrium.3
C. D.
I shd. be very grateful for more castings from walk.
Castings have come, but alas contained only one particle of brick, [nor any] of mortar.4
Footnotes
Bibliography
Earthworms: The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms: with observations on their habits. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1881.
Summary
Thanks THF for notes on Abinger excavation. Asks for more castings.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12749
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/36)
- Physical description
- ApcS
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Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12749,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12749.xml