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apparently quite amiable. Arranged flowers, slept & bathed at Senian, it
is looking very .

Had people to dinner, Meikles, Ham, Roselle, Snow & Campbell. It passed
off very well, Rogers came to call before dinner - rather a tiresome
young man I thought. Had leeks for dinner & pork cassea on table.

Thursday 8th June

Firt.

Office. Hot day, the Bara comes & goes & when it goes it is very damp &
sticky. Saw various people, went to Jidda after lunch, a good sailing
day, took just under half an hour. Bathed & mooched about. Began on a
thing for broadcasting on the history of Bahrain, re read a C. Mackenzie
novel about Greece in Cast , quite good.

Friday 9th June

Had a look in the morning & settled site for shelter for weaving work.
Saw the broken beam in the jail, a bad business. Then spent a hour or so
in & out of the sea which was pleasantly cool, did a bit of sun bathing
to get browned all over, wearing bathing kit gives one a queer piebald
appearance & at Jidda one can lie in the sun. Lazed in the afternoon,
took ages getting back owing to contrary wind so had to drive back like
fury & change in a hurry for a dinner at Agency to meet a General Arthur
Smith, OC Iraq, Iran. Didnt care for him, old Etonian, pink & very
conceited, made various remarks about locals in these parts which showed
complete lack of knowledge - were the people here clean because we taught
them to be - I said no, also condescendingly approving of some Iraqis.