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The Changing Order in Kuweit

Edwin E. Calveuley

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MR. CALVERLRY MOUNTED ON A CAMEL !!
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Our return to Kuweit was marked by no delay until we reached the
Persian Gulf. We had transshipped at Hongkong with only «o da). i
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between boats. At Bombay we stayed three days an e » I i
the first boat to Busrah, believing it would be more possible to reach i
Kuweit from there than from Bombay. At any rate it \\ou e s i
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to spend the time of waiting with our other missionaries m \e 11
than in a hotel in Bombay. After arriving at Busrah for two weeks • i
we tried to get a passage to Kuweit. It seemed that it was le one
3 place in the Gulf that was out of communication with the other ports.
I Mr. Dykstra, who came to Kuweit twice to strengthen the force m the i-
station, on both occasions had to return to Bahrein on a boom, or sma
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