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Flea

Name: Flea
Author: Harold Russell

Harold Russell

Read by Elijah Fisher, abbiek, Paul Parkinson, Elsie Selwyn, Owlivia, littlemissclumsy and Larry Wilson · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Preface (4:02)
Chapter 1 - Introductory (32:15)
Chapter 2 - The External Structure of a Flea (25:38)
Chapter 3 - The mouth-parts and sense-organs (21:55)
Chapter 4 - The internal organs of a flea (15:16)
Chapter 5 - The Human flea and other species (15:58)
Chapter 6 - The Chigoes and their allies (12:56)
Chapter 7 - Fleas and plague (21:55)
Chapter 8 - Rat-fleas and bat-fleas (20:51)
Appendix A - SYSTEMATIC VIEW OF THE ORDER SIPHONAPTERA (3:56)
Appendix C - ON COLLECTING AND PRESERVING FLEAS (7:07)