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Wednesday JUNE 1st

No cases. Went over to the Agency. Had a talk with Rashid, the President of the Diving Court about some new Rules. Tennis
at Mespers & dinner with Ali b Ibrahim Zayani, a smaller show, only about two dozen guests but a most excellent dinner &
pleasant setting outside afterwards talking to the people. They are interesting to talk to these Arabs. Afterwards bathed at
Idari. Much talk about telephones, all the merchants want them installed here & I do think it would be very useful indeed.

Thursday May 2nd [June]

The Shaikh came in to see the work at the Palace which he was pleased with bringing some wild looking Negdi Arabs, who he
showed round, as usual making them sit in all the chairs in turn & then showing them the awful couch which turns into a bed
& pointing out the baths, two in each bathroom, which he informed them was the English custom "one for hot & the other
for cold"! to which they said "it is surely not necessary"! Went to the Customs & the Court. After tea went out in the launch
to the Agency boat & bathed in the sea from it. Very nice. The sea is very warm indeed. Albans dog bathed too swimming
for ¼ hour at once. I've never seen such a swimmer.