From:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 Aug 1877
Source of text:
DAR 164: 82
Summary:
Counted 40 worm-holes after rain; four or five in the wall.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Counted 40 worm-holes after rain; four or five in the wall.
Sends two papers on Roman ruins at Cirencester, which he asks CD to return.
Worm observations.
Sends "worm journal" – observations of earthworm activity at Abinger.
Hive-bees captured in tubes of nectary of Tritoma. Seems a maladaptation of the bees.
THF is seeking advice regarding the selection of an entomologist to carry out some duties [apparently pest destruction].
CD is delighted with report from THF about activity of worms in Roman-British ruins at Abinger.
Thanks THF for the diary of worm activity at Abinger site.