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1942

Another sandy day, spent a lazy day, read all the morning & pm drove to Jaw to see
the work on the pier which prisoners are building, & very slow too.

Tidied over all my old diaries & marked them neatly after dinner.

Cool but so dusty.

Saturday 11th July

Fort. Went to hospital. Office, saw various people.

Kinnaird came in, Col Hall now gone to hospital, heat stroke in Barra. Shaw came
about building work & stayed to lunch & didnt go till 4pm. A pleasant young
fellow & very keen on his job, architect.

Bathed Senian.

Went to the cinema in the evening, a fairly good English film, they are refreshing
after so many American ones.

Sunday 12th July

Busy morning. HH & Sh A came in for some time, usual talk about Qattar, I get so
sick of it, also re fighter fund, HH is not going to help owing to GP's letter to
Sh Hamed, which he brought with him - I dont blame him either. Three members of
the Biladya came to discuss the rationing system, suggested there should be a
separate department & complained of delays. King, Navy, & Shaw & two garden
owners to discuss water supply for troops, very slow about it. Snow re various
matters
In afternoon took the dogs out near Amr & walked over the hills, put up two hares
but lost both, saw some gazelle on the foothills. Bathed Senian on the way back.
Very nice out in the country & a lot of green in the Wadis still.