A semi-official perquisite that goes with the post of British ambassador to Egypt is one of the best duck shoots in the country, which is let by their government to the ambassador and his staff at the nominal rent of £30 a year. Seeing that the shoot is so extensive that it will accommodate some 15 Guns at the height of the season, and that bags of several thousand ducks are quite usual when the birds are flighting, it will be realised that the rental of £30 is very nominal indeed.

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