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1812

1944

Thursday 13th July

Very cool rather dull weather, not much sun & strong shamaal wind. Fort,
didnt stay long as I had a lot to do in the office. Rogers came over &
stayed for about two hours, he seems sensible & much easier to deal with
than Hick who talks incessantly & prefers his own opinion at all costs.
Discussed dates, Persian labour, Special Police & Steele's relief. Bapco
have offered a man for three months, but that's not much use. Checked
the draft of Annual Report, very late this year but will put up in India.

To Jidda in the afternoon, very cool there. The kitchen has been
improved & a window put in which was badly needed. Dined outside. Fish
netting put on downstairs windows to keep flies out, seems very
effective.

Friday 14th July

Wrote to Philip

Aunt Bardi

At Jidda, a cool gray day, very sandy, the sun hardly appeared. Wrote
letters most of the day, had a bathe & looked over the jail etc. A
strong wind after lunch & sailed back in good time. Looked at the horses
at Budega, all very fit. Got a male goat to cover my two goats as
apparently this is the season for breeding. They are seasonal not like
horses or cows.

Saturday 15th July

Fort.

Dealt with the sugar stealing case in which 2 natives and a Policeman
were involved. HH & Sh A came in, no business merely talk, HH discussed
the merits of persons of good family saying that even if less depth of
learning they were better in the long run. Compared Eden & Churchill to