Page 1981 - Belgrave Diaries(N)_Neat
P. 1981
1978
1945
A cool night & pleasantly cool day but a lot of flies. Sailed over to Om al Nasan & spent some time looking
at the gardens & bathing, dates very poor & the whole place looking uncared for & dry. The man who
looked after it died & his son, too young to be much use, is there. Had a lot of fruit, figs dates & melons.
Took a long while getting back & got very sun burned. Slept after lunch till tea time & then settled about
colours for some curtains to be woven. Sailed back in good time, tide & wind both favourable. A Kerim
came in to report success over catching a boat full of grain being taken from one of G.M's barges unloading a
ship. It has been going on on a large scale.
