To W. E. Darwin 23 January [1872]1
Down
Jan. 23
My dear W.
Many thanks.— I will wait till after Dividend & chance it.— It will put off bother & it is always pleasant to receive a good dividend.—2
Amy Ruck has sent me some good observations on the fine soil on old ploughed land, being everywhere 2 thick on top of slope & 4 at base of slope.3 And another case of ridges & furrows running down a slope, which were almost obliterated at the base.—
The late storms of wind & rain I see have had great power on the recent castings on our nearly flat field— I saw scores presenting a section, thus
Yours affecty. | C. Darwin
Look, to old ridges on Southampton Common near you, on left going to Southampton or mile beyond the Turnpike.
Footnotes
Summary
Discusses earthworm activity observed in old ploughed fields.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8174
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Erasmus Darwin
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections MSS DAR 34)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8174,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8174.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20