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BEAULIEU SUR DORDOGNE. Napoleonic farmhouse, 10 acres, B&B self catering, 2 X 2. Children 1/2-price. £11.50 night, £70 weekly per person. English resident owners 01033 55-91- 05-42.

INVITATION TO TUSCANY. Beauti- ful farmhouses, villas and apartments to rent in the Siena/Florence area. Brochure 021-454 3322 (24 hrs).

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MALTA, MDINA. Interesting old house, comfortably modernised, avail- able May and June. £85 weekly. Photo- graphs seen London. Telephone 01-351 0117.

SCOTLAND

APRIL 28th

is The Spectator's annual Scottish issue, read by 160,000 affluent and discerning Scottophile readers.

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