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Court. Sulman didnt come as he had to act for Hamed on the joint Court. A bad case of a Baharani being beaten by some
others in his village. He was really badly beaten & for no apparent reason. They knocked him down & then kicked him saying
that marks of kicks would show less. Unfortunately no evidence against them so difficult to prove. Went to the garden & then
on to the Parkes, to call, they were expecting the Spences to tea, who arrived while we were there, and later the Barretts.
Rather frigid & no Bridge. She has made their sitting room quite nice. Parke never hesitates to accept presents from natives &
has got quite a lot of rugs & things. Dined at Mespers, an excellent dinner, played Bridge.

Sunday [4 December]

Customs, then went over to the Agency to talk about de Grenier leaving. In afternoon went a walk up to Zayani's garden,
found him there very interested in a new engine for pumping up water out of a well. Some other Arabs came in. Cruse came
round in the morning & we had a look at the Customs shed which needs new roofing. He is the A.P.O.C. Engineer & knows a
lot about that sort of work. Went in to see Barrett again after tea.

Monday [5 December]