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To A. E. Graves   9 November 1881

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Cannot explain worm behaviour observed by AEG. Cannot believe in power of vision. Inclined to speculate on capacity for distinguishing damp air.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Anthony Elly Graves
Date:  9 Nov 1881
Classmark:  DAR 144: 347
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13475

From A. E. Graves   6 November 1881

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Sends his observations on the behaviour of a worm. They seem to indicate some sensory apparatus enabling it to "see".

Author:  Anthony Elly Graves
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  6 Nov 1881
Classmark:  DAR 165: 91
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13467
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