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Read, slept & wrote letters, a pleasant lazy day. Returned by launch after tea arriving after sunset.
Quite cool, a light shamaal blowing.
Saturday 3rd October
Fort. Started milling wheat at the Fort for making flour, used local round stones & some Persian
prisoners for the job. Office, a very slack morning, very little going on in the office. Chase came in.
Put in seeds after lunch, first sowing of flower seeds which M brought from Kashmir.
Dinner & cinema with the Steeles. Cool day, Shamaal.
Sunday 4th October
Sh Abdulla came in.
Went to Muharraq in the afternoon.
Monday 5th October
Sh Sulman came in but didnt stay very long. Discussed food.