230 MAGGOTS FROM SEA-WEED. [PART II. 
merly choked it up. The second pond has since 
been filled up. 
The soil which is observable at the mouths 
of Earth-worm holes (worm-casts as they are 
called) by no means consists exclusively of earth 
thrown up by them from beneath the surface, it 
being their habit, when returning from their noc- 
turnal peregrinations, to bring with them any 
light and portable substances which they may 
come across, and, leaving them at the entrances 
of their holes, thus shut their doors after them. 
On a lawn near Winchester, a short time since, 
I noticed a number of small black pellets col- 
lected into heaps in such a way as to make it 
appear at first that sheep had made their way 
into the garden, and been straying there. On 
closer examination however they proved to be 
composed of acorns from a neighbouring lex, 
which had been carried off, and thus disposed by 
the Worms. 
It is not, I think, generally known that Mag- 
gots, admirably adapted for feeding young phea- 
sants and partridges, can be procured from 
common sea-weed. This should be taken up as 
near low-water mark as possible, placed in a heap, 
and allowed to rot, about a fortnight after which 
