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DCP-LETT-12743

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:
8 Oct 1880
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/35); DAR 185: 38
Summary:

Questions the exact location of rooms and trenches at Abinger excavation [for Earthworms].

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DCP-LETT-12745

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Katherine Elizabeth Sophy (Sophy) Wedgwood
Date:
8 Oct [1880]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (MS Add 4251: 335)
Summary:

Asks her to look for worm-castings in heath. Thinks heath conditions may be unfavourable. CD is sure Lucy would look with her, from her well-known affection for worms. Asks what sort of lantern Lucy used.

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