Art,

It is actually quite a work (titled: The Formation Of Vegetable Mould:
through the action of earth worms, with observations on their habits) and
can be seen at:
http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/cgi-bin/sdb/t9.cgi?entry=2355&full=yes&ftps
ite=http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/  His observations talk about turning
the earth and he multiples what the earthworms can do over time.

Tom

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