The English Soil Society
It was a good day for air-brollies. Marion and Betsy owned a model with dodo-wing stabilisers.
Bidding farewell to their Father, they caught Hurricane Kettley’s downdraft to the foot of Mount Bonington. The lungfish hansom still wheezed and waited without comment. Army sappers were presently engaged on a canal building programme for the huge gasping creatures: the lungfish needed water, air and cabbages to remain mobile and a sizable portion of the Wessex downs had been given over to mud lakes for their Winter hibernations.
: The English Soil Society
When Ralph Ezekstein founded the English Soil Society in 1863, he little realised how the echoes of his scientific legacy would ripple on down the ages. His theory of soil sentiency continues to fascinate - a few precious samples remaining in the hands of the current curator. In 2005, through the agency of the renowned Elastic Press, Professor Nickels was able to reveal the Society's secrets to the world at large.
The full effects of this revelation have yet to manifest themselves... but the truth, little by little, is seeping out: a Major Excavation by an eminent Field Expert was conducted over several days in May 2009. His results may be found HERE...
