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Darwin Correspondence Project

To D. J. Wintle   9 December 1881

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)

December 9th 1881

Dear Sir

I am much obliged for your interesting note. The facts which you relate are quite new to me & very curious.— I have other reasons to believe that I was in error when I doubted about the effect of beating the ground on earth-worms.—1

I remain, Dear Sir, | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin

Footnotes

See letter from D. J. Wintle, [before 9] December 1881 and n. 2. CD added Wintle’s information to Earthworms (1882), p. 28.

Bibliography

Earthworms (1882): The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms: with observations on their habits. By Charles Darwin. Seventh thousand (corrected by Francis Darwin). London: John Murray. 1882.

Summary

DJW’s facts are new and curious. CD has other reasons to believe he was wrong in doubting the effect on earthworms of beating the ground.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-13540
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Douglas James Wintle
Sent from
Down
Source of text
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Physical description
ALS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13540,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13540.xml

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