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Wednesday 26th July

Fort, tiresome not having the pony to ride. Watched jumping. Very bad too. Shs A & S came in, son of Sh
of Mohammerah arrived yesterday by air and without even going to call on Shaikhs wrote & asked for
Bs1000/- Sh A refused it & I hope the man will go back tomorrow. HH being away, is a good thing when
people come cadging. Had a long interview with two RAF works men & Steele about out putting in electric
power for the RAF station in Muharraq. It is a big scheme & we shall have to buy another engine.

HW left by air. Reid, young man of Halloways arrived. Went to the sea road & then by launch to the
quarantine. Lovely evening & still quite cool.

Thursday 27th July

Didn't go out in morning, after lunch went off in HH's launch & spent night anchored up Fighl al Jarim, very
hot & damp. Slept on roof but not comfortable & slept badly.

Friday 28th July

Out at pearl banks, arrived in time to see shells being opened, spent a couple of hours on two big boats. All
very interesting. Took lots of photos but very difficult owing to bad light under the shade. Lunched on
launch & slept most of the way back to Bahrain. Arrived p.m. Later the parson Adeney called & stayed to
dinner. I took him to bathe first.

Saturday 29th July