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Show 320 INDEX. Henslow, Prof., on ledges on hill-sides, 278 Hoffmeister, number of species of worms, 9 -----on worms hybcrnating ln company, 34 ----- perception of light by worms, 20, 22 ----- on the enemies of worms, 63 depth of burrows, 110 ----- on bybcrnation of worms, 114 Hooker, Sir J., on ledges of earth on the Himahtyn, 278 Humus acids, n.ctlon of on rocks, 24.0, 244 Instinct of worms, 35 Intelligence of worms, 35, 64 Intestines of worms, their contents aci(l, 51 Islands, inhabited by worms, 120 Johnson, Dr. H., on the Roman remains at Wroxeter, 222-228 ------- on ammonia in worm-castings, 242 Johnson, S. W., ' How Urops Feed,' 242 Joyce~ Rev. J. G., on the Roman remains at Silchestor, 201 J ulion, Mr. A. A., on the composition of peat, 208 ---- on the humus-acids, 240, 244 Key, Rev. H., on the burial of cinders by worms, 146 King, Dr., ou tho formation of mould in forests m France, 5 ---- on castings near Nice, lOG, 117 ---- on great castings on the Nilgiri Mountains anu in Ceylon, 126 ----weight of castings ncar Nice, 163 ---- on disintegrated castings on · the Corniche road, 276, 281 -----on the washing away of the castings on the Nilgiri Mountains, 274 INDEX. ~no~o Park, beech-woods, worms nbsent, 12 onmck, De, on the disintegration of rocks, 235 Laburnum loaves, 68 Land, denudation of, 230 Lankostcr, Hay, on the structure of worms, 18 on worms from Kerguelen Land 121 La Plata, dust storms of, 236 ' 321 Layard, Mr., on tho habits of tho cobra, 94 Leaves, worms distinguish the taste of different kinds 3~ --- consumed by worms, 36 ' ---their decay not hastened by tho n.lkaline secretion with which they are bathed, 38 ---decayed, generate acids, 51 - -- used in plugging up burrows, 65 - --used to line burrows, 112 Ledges of earth on hill-sides, 278 Leon, F., on the digestive fluid of worms 37 I .. ~ght, perception of, by worms, 20 ' Lime, carbonate, concretions of, 45 Maer Hall, amount of earth brought to surface, 130 Mallett, Mr., on tho sinking of tho ground under great buildings, 159 Meat, raw, eaton by worms, 36 Mental qualities of worms 34 Mint, loaves of, only nibbl~d, 34 Mississippi, drainage area of, 233 Moles pursuing worms, 28 Mobius on the habits of a pike, 94 Moniligaster, 246 Morren on worms surviving long immersion, 13 --- on worms lying motionless near mouths of their burrows, 15 y |
