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Sunday 9th August

Had an early service here, 14 people, mostly Indians. The padre stayed to breakfast, a rather common
young man but took the service quite nicely. Office. HH came in & W came to say good bye as he is
off on a months leave. HH very bright. Went to Muharraq and then out to church at Awali, a lot of
soldiers in the church & singing quite loud. Bathed on the beach at Senian.

Sticky weather, very damp & very hot before breakfast.

Monday 10th August

Fort, very hot & sticky mornings at present. Men back from Safra. Sh Khalifah let himself go about
Sh Faheid of Kuwait. P.R. arrived in Nearchus. Court. Office, went over to Agency for some time,
saw P.R. Went to Budega, looked at police & the filling in of the swamp near garden, going on
slowly. Cinema, then T.T.s a hot day.

Tuesday 11th August

Intensely sticky day. Went to the aerodrome to see Wakefield off, he left for a month at Siarat. PR
there, Col Hall also left. Rode over from Fort, very bad morning. Letters from M, two, office, went
over to see PR & stayed some time, then to see Dixon on way back.

After tea went to Belad & sketched a mosque, an interesting picture only drew it in. Bathed at Idari
afterwards. Dining on veranda. M decided to return at once when school closes. Hope cooler by
then.