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She has much more "go" than the Shaikh & would make quite a good ruler I fancy. M gave them each a small present,
jewelry, which she brought out. Alban came round after dinner. Mohamed Sherif called on M in the morning.
Monday [24 October]
Court in morning & a busy time. Brenenfeld called about his documents. Finished a big pearl case by calling in some of the
big merchants as a sort of jury. Pennings came in about some documents. Tennis at the mission & tea at Hakkens. The
officers of the mail boat came ashore. Quite good tennis.
Tuesday 25th Oct
Municipal Council meeting, quite a lively one. Settled on a tobacco tax to go to Biladya funds. A good deal of opposition.
The Shaikh is buying hawks, he takes lots of them about everywhere. Very bad storm in middle of day, wind, dust & then rain.
Have never seen such violent gale since I came here. Walked along the shore to Senobis after lunch, a nice walk. Called on
Ahmed bin Khamis.
