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Thursday 2nd May
Fort
Went round the bazaar with HW, M Salh & M.K measuring distances from wells in
connection with water scheme.
Snow went out with Day to see HH at Rumaitha.
Left after lunch & went by car to Budega & across to Jidda for the week end. a strong
shamaal & rough sea, very pleasant & cool. The garden there doing well.
Friday 3rd May
Jidda Island
Slept late & very comfortably & then had a long bathe in the sea which was just right,
neither hot nor cold. Returned in the afternoon via Omar Salaam & found Max had just left
& by car home as I had the barber coming. Dined with Andersons, DGs & Mrs Graham, she
had been doing the Refinery. Drove her back, an early dinner, home before 10.
The Gold Mohur showing colour, flowers in garden mostly dead except yellow daisies &
coreopesis.
Monday 6th May
