A group of Egyptian arabs begging on the west bank of the Suez Canal at Port Said, Egypt. The photographer is looking down on the group of men, women and children, some of whom are holding their robes up to collect anything thrown down to them from the passengers on board a ship. some of the group have remained on the shore while others are standing in the water. The negative is captioned 'Backshish', which is also spelt as Backsheesh and Baksheesh, and is defined as 'charitable giving'.