former Flsst strc6fc journalistic worker now with the Palestine Forces writes: "'Oar regiment includes numerr ous bird fanciers. One private is tryiog to rear three nesting thrushes; o another is in possession, of a nest of ;i tiny goldfinches. A voting bandsman !- collects scorpions. A sergeant and 1 b have a cross between a jackal and a r desert dog, two months old. He was obtained from a Bedouin. child, who il also 'threw in' a baby hare, for a tin of r bully beef. My most interesting pets F ait» a small tortoise and two very fine 0 chameleons, but I have sent the latter '> to our cook to catch flies in the 1 kitchen."
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16310, 6 September 1918, Page 9
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