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Monday 18th August

Fort.

Went down to hospital looking at the new road which will be a great improvement.

Court, case of the people of Jedhafs, they are notoriously quarrelsome & have been making a lot of trouble
lately among themselves & recently had a disturbance & some fighting . All seemed equally to blame so we
sent the whole party & all the witnesses to prison for 24hrs, to work out near the main road where they will
be seen, 27 in all. That will check these constant squabbles.

At the fort in afternoon, then bathed, as I finished Sh Sultan of Sharjah & his family arrived, he is staying
with HH, really quite a nice little man.

Dinner with Grays, rather a dull affair, she is very stupid & very common, a musical evening, some nice
records, but I had difficulty in keeping awake.

Repairing & raising main road from Sahal Isharis to Sehlah turning.

Tuesday 19th August

Fort.

Hot damp morning but cool & windy later on. Not a very busy morning. Saw one or two people. Didnt go
out after tea, busy digging in green manure, old leaves etc. into the flower beds.

Dinner with Leslie Smiths, the dinner was quite uneatable. Bridge, quite good bridge & didnt go on too
long.

G.P. wrote saying I was always out when he wanted to come over in evening, I cant help it.

Thursday 21st August