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Friday 18th [June]
Geake is leaving on the 30th & as soon as he goes we shall move to the Fort which will be more comfortable & cooler
than this house - though not so near the town & everywhere. Read all the morning. Played tennis at Daly's in the
evening - poor tennis owing to the missionaries who play curiously & unpleasantly. Have got lumbago, from sleeping
outside on the veranda I expect. Really no news. A man came & reported to me about a shop in the town where native
"arak" spirit is being brewed and sold. Suggested to Daly that we should raid it - might be a good plan. Very nice cool
weather, really its wonderfully pleasant though all the people at tennis complain of everything. Still no ice owing to a
row between ice engineer & owner of the store. We miss not having ices for dinner - & such good ones too.
Saturday [19th June]
Court in the morning, 7 or 8 cases. Arabic in afternoon. The last time for a long while as the teacher is going to
Mosul, where he belongs, for three months. Afterwards went a walk out behind the town.
Sunday [20th June]
