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The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms

by Charles Darwin (1809–1882)

9 chapters, about 54,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. CONTENTS. 700 words
2. INTRODUCTION. 1,000 words
3. CHAPTER I. HABITS OF WORMS. 7,900 words
4. CHAPTER II. HABITS OF WORMS—_continued_. 13,800 words
5. CHAPTER III. THE AMOUNT OF FINE EARTH BROUGHT UP BY WORMS TO THE SURFACE. 15,500 words
6. CHAPTER V. THE ACTION OF WORMS IN THE DENUDATION OF THE LAND. 4,900 words
7. CHAPTER VI. THE DENUDATION OF THE LAND—_continued_. 8,300 words
8. CHAPTER VII. CONCLUSION. 1,300 words
9. FOOTNOTES. 300 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Fortification

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