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Friday 2nd August

At Jidda, a pleasant day & remarkably cool. Spent some time at the jail & then wrote letters during most of
the later morning & afternoon. Returned by launch, it was rather bumpy on the bend but not disagreeable.
Am working on my 20 yrs report, now doing education. Interesting, to me, but perhaps difficult to make it so
for other people.

Saturday 3rd August

Quite a cool day, rode, didnt go out of the office, not much going on & everyone rather lethargic. The
Norfolk still here & I feel that I should do something about them but dont know what, I found them a very
dull collection of officers. Am being pestered by a Zanzibari boy who alleges that his natchuda wants to sell
him as a slave, he talks hardly any Arabic. After lunch went to sleep - I was working late last night on annual
report, & after tea went to bathe at Sanyan. Dick Snow to dinner, afterwards we sat & played the
gramaphone on the terrace until quite late. Weather remarkably good for the time of year. Had a talk to
Cochrane who as usual asked about his wife coming out.