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quite hot in the middle of the day in the sun, most afternoons I go down after about three oclock and work in
the garden.

Sunday [12 October]

Office, saw a lot of people and interviewed some more of the school boys with a view to making them pupil
teachers. Jordan came in. In the afternoon drove out to the well, they have got a little very nasty water
which tastes of sulphur. The men seem to be very disspirited about it. Coming back in the open car it was
really quite cold and I almost wished I had a coat.

Monday [13 October]

Court. Parke and M went out to Idari in the morning to see the site for Parke's picnic which we are arranging
for him as he says his servants are incapable of doing so, this is quite the case but he might easily have better
ones. In the afternoon we went to see the new girls' school and then on to the Shaikh's garden, which is in a
poor way, afterwards to the picnic. It was so cool that I wore a thick flannel coat and was glad of it. All the
white people in the place were there except the doctor. It was a very good picnic though a plainer dinner
than at our picnic, very good though. Mohamed, our cook, has improved very much since we have had him
and is now really very good. All the Missionaries were there and seemed to enjoy it very much most
especially Dr Tiffany who sat in a corner with Barden and rather carried on, being the only unmarried girl here
it was quite suitable that she should. Pack left on yesterdays boat and came to say good bye before he left.
It was very cold coming back ... the picnic, but some of them bathed before dinner, I did not. It would have
been better if the moon had been up but it didnt appear till very late.

Tuesday [14 October]

Office, didnt go to Muharrak Biladya meeting. Isa Doseri came to see me, a pleasant man and a fine looking
Arab much better looking than most. Went to see Walker and then Customs where I found Jordan and de
Grenier having a row ... some customs business about the electric imports. Tennis at the Mission, Parke came
in afterwards and stayed to dinner, we discussed the Todd case.

Wednesday 15th October 1930

In the office all the morning, saw a lot of people, the school inspector about the progress of schools, they are
all doing well except the Muharrak one, and various other people. Bienenfeld came in to see James and to
explain about a mistaken message he got from us about dinner. Yousuf Fakroo came to talk about the
resignation of the Kadi, who I think now wants to come back as well as he can without looking silly. The head
man on the well gang sent in to say it was no use going any deeper as they were in sand. Very annoying.
Sent the son of Abdel Rahman to prison for 6 months as an incorrigible thief and scoundrel, his father is one
of the leading men here and has tried everything with the boy but he still goes on being a bad lot. The father
came and asked me to deal with him again as I had often tried to before. Drove along the Budeya road.