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Thursday 29th Dec.

Court. Very damp weather still, the downstairs veranda has pools of wet on it every evening. A lot of cases. Went out in
afternoon to Sherakhan to see a garden which one of the Dawasir Shaikhs is mortgaging with us for a loan. He said it was
worth 21,000/- & we estimated at 7,000/-. People to tea & Bridge. Armstrong brought in a man called Ferguson, travelling in
soap, a most vulgar young man of the "pleased to meet you" type. Dined with the Parkes. Our guests stayed till nearly eight &
as dinner was at eight we were a little late. Quite pleasant, a good dinner followed by Bridge. Kanoo sent me a tennis raquet
from Bombay, it arrived yesterday.

Friday 30th Dec.

Motored out to the oil store & met Spence & Mohamed Yatim. Had a look at the site again, all that is necessary is to get the
APOC to agree to a path through. Ahmed b Khamis called to tell me about the petition against the Wakf Dept. Tennis at the
Agency. Very few people there & no mission so much better tennis.