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Rh *Food of worms, leaves, 35
 * , earth, 100
 * Foster, Michael, on the pancreatic ferment, 37
 * on the acidity of the contents of the intestines, 52
 * Foundations, deep, of the Roman buildings at Wroxeter, 227
 * Furrows on old ploughed fields, 292


 * Galton, Mr., on the number of dead worms, 14
 * Geikie, Archibald, on Denudation, 233
 * controverts É. de Beaumont's views on Denudation, 289
 * James, controverts Richthofen's views, 237
 * on glaciated rocks, 245
 * Geographical distribution of worms, 120
 * Gizzards of worms, 246
 * Glands, calciferous, 17, 43
 * function of, 49
 * Glen Roy, evidence of rarity of debacles, 260


 * Haast, Von, on aboriginal instruments in New Zealand found buried, 147
 * Hearing, sense of, 26
 * Heat, perception of, 25
 * Heaths, inhabited by few worms, except where paths cross them, 10
 * Henson on the number of worms in gardens, 5
 * on worms not subsisting on earth, 108
 * depth of burrows, 110
 * on number of worms living in a given area, 158
 * on the composition of mould, 238
 * on the amount of humus formed by two worms, 310