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Mylrhea came in in the morning, Hesketh brought his successor to call, a very dull seeming man but H
himself is not exciting. Sh Khalifah came round after dinner mainly because he is upset about the new Police
thinking he is not to have any say to them, he said he wanted to resign & the usual sort of talk, in fact he
really does very little work now & is getting very fat & lazy.

Thursday 23rd August

A very hot sticky day. Spent a long time at the Fort before breakfast fixing up the furniture in the rooms in
the part to be used by the British Police. Office, not a busy morning, M Khalil, Braganza & McMillan & the
Commodore came in & A Kerim in a state of hysterics because it seems Bird had scolded him about a big
case in the Agency Court, an accident in which two men were knocked down & badly injured by a naval car
which didnt stop to pick them up & apparently driven by a N.O. one Webster, who persuaded a native driver
to say he was driving, a bad show. Expected the B Police on tomorrow's boat but got a message through to
the ship & heard they were not on board. Had a sun bathe on the roof after lunch & then down to Hedd.
Bathed at Sanyar after dinner, a very sticky evening. Half Ramadhan over. AR Zaguni, back from Baghdad,
called, said pearls are selling well in Iraq & going to Turkey & Syria.

Friday 24th August