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Saturday 5th June
Fort
HH & Sh A came ina very busy morning, innumerable calls, saw Wakelin, the
locust merchants,
Sunday 6th June
Got up late.
Office. Russell left at 4.30 am & did not return. Warm day, the wind
went down & quite still. Sh Mohd came in re tyres.
Drove to Budega & spent some time in the shop watching people buying
foodstuffs. Work going on very briskly, then walked through the garden &
drove back via the coast, nice cool evening.
Thomas & Snow playing piano at my house. Sat outside listening. Warner
dined with Wakefield.
Monday 7th June
Fort. Didnt go to Court & spent most of the morning taking statements in
the slave case. Took Warner up to the Fort to see the police & one or
two other things. Hewitt came in & spent some time with me.
Didnt go out after tea.
Dined with the TTs, went to library first & then to the cinema, a stupid
film.
