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place, sandy shore & warm water. Sailed back at sunset time with a stiff breeze & arrived at 8 oclock. Geake came to
dinner with us. Really I quite like him, but he's fed up with this place & his job & wants to return to his regiment & to
a mess.
Tuesday 11th May
Court in the morning. Not many cases. Office till 1.30. Called on Daly in the morning & heard all about his interview
with the Sheikh. In the afternoon we went with the Dalys & Holmes to Muharraq to see the newest well & tank.
Tanks bore me rather. Drank coffee with one Ali bin Hindi who gave £1000, in golden sovereigns, for the well, a
cantankerous old greybeard who wanted to shut the tank inside a wall - the whole idea of course being that the
tank was for the public! We went by motor boat, I prefer sailing. Went into the Dalys for a bit afterwards.
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Thermometer above 90 - pretty warm.
Wednesday 12th May
