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Monday [26 September]

Finished off the election. Yesterday Y. Kanoo had told the Arabs not to vote, none appeared except the supporters of his rival
& enemy Ali Yateem, so as his people came we elected him. Today all the Arabs arrived, ordered to do so by Kanoo, & I
enjoyed telling them that as they had not bothered to come yesterday we would not take their votes today. Also the Govt
elected Y K himself, issued a list of Govt nominees with his name heading it - he wrote & asked to be excused - probably
furious at the whole thing, but he put himself in the wrong. Muharrak Council meeting, which the Shaikh attended, at one time
there were over 100 big sailing boats in a long line coming in towards the harbour. All night there was shouting & singing
from the crews.

One of my surveyors, a Hindu, stole a pearl out of the house of an Arab merchant when calling on him. Tennis at mission.
Rather a hot day, but the nights are awfully nice. Very busy these days, there seems to be such a lot to do always.

Tuesday [27 September]

The opening of the new road in the morning, of which I took several photos, hope they turn out well. Quite a good show.