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INDEX.
  • Abinger, Roman villa at, 178
  • —Abinger— — — castings from Roman villa, with rounded particles, 253
  • Acids of humus, action on rocks, 240
  • Africa, dust from, 235
  • Air, currents of, worms sensitive to, 28
  • Amount of earth brought to the surface by worms, 129
  • Ants, intelligence of, 93
  • Archiac, D', criticisms on my views, 4
  • Artemisia, leaves of, not eaten by worms, 33
  • Ash-tree, petioles of, 79


  • Beaulieu Abbey, burial of the old pavement, 193
  • —Beaulieu Abbey,— — — castings from, with rounded particles, 255
  • Beaumont, Élie de, on vegetable mould, 2
  • —Beaumont, Élie de,— — — the rubbish underlying great cities, 178
  • —Beaumont, Élie de,— — — the transport of dust, 237
  • —Beaumont, Élie de,— — — the permanence of mould, 289
  • —Beaumont, Élie de,— — — the permanence of ancient tumuli, 290
  • Beech-forests, stones not buried under by castings, 144
  • Bengal, worms of, 123
  • Bones, crushed, burial of, under castings, 146
  • Brading, Roman villa at, 199
  • —Brading,— — — castings from, with rounded particles, 254