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From Thomas Belt   17 October 1875

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Reports observations of T. C. Renshaw on how some flowers of the Tritoma catch bees and other insects. Thinks it may be a contrivance against unbidden visitors, as insects caught are not consumed.

Author:  Thomas Belt
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  17 Oct 1875
Classmark:  DAR 160: 130
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10203

From Thomas Belt   3 April 1875

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Sends reference to Codrington paper on gravels ["The superficial deposits of the south of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight", Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 26 (1870): 3–28]. Comments on local gravels in railway cutting and the violent agency of their removal from hills.

Author:  Thomas Belt
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  3 Apr 1875
Classmark:  DAR 160: 129
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9912
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