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The Rothschilds are all noted he collectors of strange, things, but Lord Rothschild's second son, Charles, prides himself on having the largest collection of fleas that was ever brought together. This strange hobby has been brought into notice by the fact that some polar explorers have just brought him a number of fleas that live on animals within the Arctic circle.
"Every mammal and bird has a particular kind of flea," he says enthusiastically, "-nd very many of them - have aevera. different kinds. So yon see the flea affords more diverse material for a collector than any living creature. I have fleas from every eorner of the world, over 10,000 different varieties. "Whenever an expedition is about to start for a foreign land I engage one of the party to collect specimens of fleas from every species of mammal and bird that is encountered. The variety is endless, and it affords me as great delight to find a new flea as any of my relatives derive from securing a great masterpiece of art."
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 412, 7 April 1904, Page 8
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190BOBBY IS COLLECTING FLEAS. Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 412, 7 April 1904, Page 8
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