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Friday November 24th

Gardened in the morning & most of the afternoon, put in more seeds & moved somr
seedlings. After tea went to Gasari & put in some plants, cannas etc, which I had
moved from the centre of the lawn.

Saturday 25th November

Eid

Went to Jidda after lunch, by launch, beautiful weather, cool & smooth. Found all
well. Took the cook & his wife & grandchild, they appeared to enjoy the outing.

Called on HH before breakfast at Rafaa, very pleasant out there in the morning, he
was seated in front of the house with two lines of visitors, mostly Bedu, sitting on
the ground in front of him. He talked about rumours from Qattar.

Sunday 26th November

at Jidda

Wrote a lot of letters in the afternoon, gardened before lunch. After tea walked
over to see the jail, another of the wooden beams splitting. Signs of heavy rain but
the house had not leaked.

Monday 27th November

At Jidda.