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Saturday 22nd July

Fort. Sh Abdulla came in. Office. Fort in evening & then to hospital & bathed.

Sunday 23rd July

Had a little practice with the police putting a cordon across from coats to coast at Sak al Khamis, it was
effective but we have too many men & a short piece of land. Will try it again over a wider area. Murder
case at Agency, it was finished within the day. Went along to end of sea road & in a boar above the site of
the road, they are working on it from Muharraq end but all seemed very confused. Went over to see the
Holmes.

Monday 24th July

Fort, went for a ride on Kozabeia, still quite cool & tomorrow one of the stars which is the sign of real hot
weather appears. Spent most of the morning at the Agency, discussed various matters. HW goes on
Wednesday, not by RAF. The Shaikhs came in - I enjoyed missing them. In evening went to fort & watched
a polo game & then to hospital. Rooney arrived.

Tuesday 25th July

Fort, my mare has developed a cold, caught it off the ponies from Iraq, not being able to ride. Office. Sh
Sulman came in & went over to Agency to say au revoir. Had Steele for some time. Dined with Hallows,
HW & Rooney were there, then to movies. The house, which is one we built, is delightfully cool & very
nice.