

Transcribed from the 1904 John Murray edition by David Price, email
ccx074@pglaf.org

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                             THE FORMATION OF
                             VEGETABLE MOULD
                       THROUGH THE ACTION OF WORMS
                    WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THEIR HABITS.


                     BY CHARLES DARWIN, LL.D., F.R.S.

                           THIRTEENTH THOUSAND
                            WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

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                                  LONDON
                      JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET
                                   1904

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                                PRINTED BY
                    WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,
                           LONDON AND BECCLES.

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CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION                                                  Page 1–6
                 