...instance being the work of earthworms. In 1777 Gilbert White got at the very root of the matter. " The most insignificant insects and reptiles are of...economy of nature than the incurious are aware of. ... Earthworms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in the chain of nature, yet, if lost,...

...earti> worms. In 1777 Gilbert White got at the very root of the matter. " The most insignifican. 1 insects and reptiles are of much more consequence...economy, of nature than the incurious are aware of. . . . Earthworms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in the chain of nature, yet, if,...

...are made increasingly conscious of the truth of Gilbert White's sage words written in 1777, that : ' The most insignificant insects and reptiles are of...economy of nature than the incurious are aware of.' CHAPTER II THE STRUCTURE OF THE FLY In order to understand how a fly lives, moves and has its being...

...birds, or into the tissues of plants." Gilbert White said, nearly a century and a half ago, that " the most insignificant insects and reptiles are of...economy of nature than the incurious are aware of." Nevertheless, the fact remains that comparatively little is known about our commonest and our most...

...especially noted, must not be overlooked. In 1777, Gilbert White wrote thus of the earthworms — • " The most insignificant insects and reptiles are of...economy of nature than the incurious are aware of. ... Earthworms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in the chain of Nature yet, if lost,...

...instance being the work of earthworms. In 1777 Gilbert White got at the very root of the matter. " The most insignificant insects and reptiles are of much mor.e consequence and have more influence in the economy of nature than the incurious are aware of Earthworms, though in appearance...

...economist,' for she 'converts the recreation of one animal to the support of another!'10 He adds that the 'most insignificant insects and reptiles are of...economy of nature, than the incurious are aware of;. ...Earthworms though in appearance a small and despicable link in the chain of nature, yet, if lost...

...practice of field observation. The eye that is fixed on the natural world sees the economy at work: The most insignificant insects and reptiles are of...more consequence, and have much more influence in the oeconomy of nature, than the incurious are aware of; and are mighty in their eflect, from their minuteness,...

...court, and entrepreneurs in particular. Drainage had undoubted benefits. Gilbert White speculates that "[l]ands that are subject to frequent inundations...the reason may be because the worms are drowned." Of enclosure generally he remarks that some diseases, such as leprosy, nearly disappeared because of...

...789), a book that Darwin studied in his teens and took with him aboard the Beagle. White remarks that "the most insignificant insects and reptiles are of much more consequence, and have much more inference in the economy of nature, than the incurious are aware. . . . Earthworms, though in appearance...