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1935

Busy morning. Went off in afternoon to Budeya by car having sent the dogs, Mushmish & Belhus ahead
with a Policeman. Took Aliq & Hamood. Left the car with the natars covered over & embarked on a big
sailing boat which piers between here & mainland. A very strong wind, almost a gale blowing. Took
about 1 1/2 hours to get to the island as tide was out we had to go round the outside of the other island.
Arrived just before sunset. Went out with the dogs but saw nothing. Had quite a good dinner & went
early to bed sleeping on the roof of the little house in the sea. It was very windy & very noisy as the
waves dashed against the pillars on which the house is built. had a bathe in the tank near the house in the
garden, a poor place with no room for swimming. It looked very nice out there, the garden has grown a
lot. The Shaikh is building another house there in the sea & there were a lot of store boats there. The
boys & the policeman seem to enjoy the outing very much. Several people asked to come too such as Ali,
the office boy, but I didn't want to take a sort of school treat or bean feast. The sea very rough towards
sunset & very dark & stormy.