From L. C. Wedgwood 20 January [1872]
6 Q. A. St.
Jan 20th
Out of 25 worm-holes probed with a blunt wire between Jan 6 & 14 on different slopes for a few inches, 8 came to the surface nearly vertical to the slope; the rest at various angles.1
I will try some more, and when I have dug some more trenches will send the result about furrows
CD annotations
2.2 furrows] ‘[& furrows]’ ink
Footnotes
See letter to L. C. Wedgwood, 5 January [1872]. CD reported Wedgwood’s findings in Earthworms, p. 270, but did not cite her by name.
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
Gives results of probing worm-holes with wire.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8169
- From
- Lucy Caroline Wedgwood/Lucy Caroline Harrison
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Queen Anne St, 6
- Postmark
- JA 20 72
- Source of text
- DAR 94: 1b
- Physical description
- Apc 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8169,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8169.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20
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