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IN your number of the 8th instant there are some interesting remarks upon the habits, &c., of the common earth-worm. From frequent observations I fully concur with the remark that the worm does not consume living vegetation but only vegetable matter undergoing decomposition.
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PHIPPS, G. The Earth-worm in Relation to the Fertility of the Soil. Nature 17, 62 (1877). https://doi.org/10.1038/017062e0
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