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Show Egypt to Preserve Egret. Mr. Dudgeon, director-genera! of the department of agriculture, states that the department is Interesting itself in the propagation of the white, egret, which is a great worm destroyer. Unfortunately, owing to the trade that is carried on in its feathejs, the species had become rather .-are in Egypt. A law has now br-en passed prohibiting the shooting of this bird, with the result that wfcile in the beginning be-ginning of the year there were only 800 white egrets at Simbellawen there are now about double that number. London Chronicle. |