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too - but didnt! We went all over the ship & saw all the guns etc & then sat on the bridge for some time. It
was awfully nice. These ships are very fast & seem to be able to swing round in an amazing way almost as
sharply as a small sail boat. Then we went down to the quarter deck & sat there some time. The Gastrells
were with us too. We went past the line of ships & they all saluted the Shaikh. It was like a naval review &
most interesting. Usually one sees these shows from shore not from the point of view of the person in
whose honour it is held. The Shaikh enjoyed it all immensely. Then we got back to the harbour & went over
to the Shoreham where we & the Shaikh lunched with the SNO, the Gastrells went home before. The Shaikh
didnt make much of a lunch & was really rather bored by it, he had been having fever lately & not too well.
Then we went ashore in his launch. There was a cocktail party in afternoon but it got a bit blowy & rough so
we didnt go out but motored & called on the Russells on the way back.

Thursday [12 October]

The ships left in the morning. Went over to Agency & heard the case of Khalil Bakr, the man who we caught
selling cultured pearls. It is an interesting case. We are prosecuting. In the afternoon played in a golf
tournament, my partner was Hughes, one of the men from the oil camp, quite a nice fellow. His wife arrived
by plane today. Went in to Skinner's house after golf.

Friday 13th [October]

Went down bazaar. Tennis at the Agency. The two new American women were there, one is a very pretty
young person & both smart & well turned out. Stayed to dinner, Chisholm & Arnold of the APOC were there,
had a very lively evening, Chisholm is amusing. The doctor sent me the Sphere, 30th Sept, with a most
scandalous article about Bahrain by Maken who has never been here. Very angry about it. Shall have to get
it contradicted. It made out that B was a filthy dirty place & the divers diseased & oppressed.

Saturday October 14th

Fort - court - planted seeds after lunch. M went to Essex Point & I gardened all the afternoon. The garden is
very pleasant now though no flowers. The trees are very green & shady. The Gastrells & Russells came to
dinner. In the morning Chisholm & Arnold, APOC, called & then went to Kattar. Hamood, my boy, is going on
leave to Hassa tomorrow morning. Nice weather, not too hot.

Sunday 15th [October]