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Saturday [22nd February]

Came back in the morning, I drove the red car. Called at Sakhrir to return the key to the Shaikh & stayed

awhile drinking coffee, then back to Manama arriving for a late breakfast. Office and then court after
breakfast. Drove in afternoon, nowhere in particular, the Fort & then to Essex point. Fine day. The camels
are due back tomorrow. Rather sleepy after my safari. James loved it, he is fond of being out in the country
& behaves very well & sensibly. I made him ride a camel alone without anybody holding him on to it, he
didn'y fancy it - I suppose he felt very high up from the ground. While at Sakhrir the Shaikh produced a
copy of the Illustrated London News with pictures of the King's funeral and I went over all the pictures
showing him who the people were and what was happening. He was very interested by it.

Sunday 23rd Feb 1936

Didn't go to Fort as the Police went for their usual march, most of the band are on leave so they don't make
as much of a show as usual. Office. Sh Abdulla bin Isa came to see me, about his son's debts, then a
Japanese man representing a steamership company who wants to open an agency here. Court, long dull
cases. In the afternoon I gardened, the stocks are just beginning to come out, they are late this year but
they were put in late. DG came along to see me about the Japanese affair & then we went out to the Nixs
for Bridge, very dull play too. A little rain as we drove home. Quite nice weather now. James & Nannie go
on the next down boat. I shall miss him.

Tuesday 25th February

Fort, stayed late as I had not been up for some days, then office all the morning. Letters, discussed
alterations on main road with Mohd Khalil. Went down to see the work on electric office, we are building
another storey above it. We are doing a lot of building work now in various places and the staff are so busy
that nothing seems to get finished. In the afternoon stayed in the garden, stocks are just coming out &
sweet peas still flowering very well, then to a "cocktail dance" at the Club, a very pleasant well run affair.
They had little tables round the room with sandwiches etc & danced in the middle. Almost all the married
people were there and altogether a great crowd. It was the first show of the kind which they have held &
everyone was very pleased about it & all very well behaved.