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Shaikhs came in in the morning & some sailors called, saw various people including one of
our kind who has been rather mischievous lately, warned him about associating with En
Nadi Abdulla & also talked about filling in wells, a fat nasty person & ill educated. Snow
went down to the hospital.
Introduced Snow to Shs A & S, he made a good impression & both liked his name,
translating into Arabic - & said they hoped he would live up to it!
Snow paid calls in the afternoon
Left after lunch for the S Coast by launch from the causeway but owing to some muddle had
a long wait for the launch which had gone down the coast with some supplies for the men in
camp. Arrived at sunset, later than I intended & camped close to the horse section, quite a
nice place with a long stretch of sandy shore. The horses all looked well but complained of
having little water. Work will do them good.
Friday 26th April
Road along the coast down to Dour and beyond partly on houseboat & part on camel,
Mansoor most of the way, an uncomfortable ride, very bumpy when cantering but a good
strong pony. Returned & lunched in my tent, flies were awful then took all the horses into
the water & swam them, the men & the horses too enjoyed it. Got very sunburnt.
Came back by launch, Hamood met me with the car at Sitra so I got home a little after 4pm
in time to arrange the flowers before people came to Bridge.
Enjoyed my day out in the open.
People to Bridge in the evening, quite a number.
