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Max went to his island.
The Ts went to Jufair before dinner & later dined with Hussein Lateem. I dined with the Byron Browns &
played Bridge - didnt get home till one oclock, heavy rain on the way back & much mud. Queer weather.
Tuesday 6th May
Temp 75
Didnt ride owing to heavy rain last night.
Queer weather, stormy & rain at intervals & at night thunder & much lightening. Office all day, not a great
deal to do, had a talk with Max about the oil concession, a revision of loyalty is due in 3 years. Saw
Tunnicliffe who looked very seedy, then Mansoor, discussed pearl trade. He told me that Ferij al Maharraqa
used to be where Baharna drilled pearls, he remembered them doing it as a small boy, then they went to
Muscat, described his first sale to Rosenthal, on which he got 8 annas commission, said the local sales have
gone up high, 3 - 4 lakhs a year to Europeans & Americans mostly. Max went to the island after lunch after
tea Leila arranged flowers then went to dinner at Rafaa with HH's wife, Dick Snow came to dinner, a
