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them by shera law which in extreme cases order women to be killed by being stoned to death, that again is a
thing which we could never tolerate here in these days.

Wednesday [9th January]

Fort. Cold windy day, a very welcome change. The winter so far has been unpleasantly mild & causes
swarms of flies and much illness. Spent a long time taking evidence in murder case. I am sure we can't
prove it. After breakfast sailed over to Muharraq, a strong wind & a lovely day for sailing, we simply
stepped across. Called on the Shaikh as usual, Abdulla had a very full Meglis, crowds of people. Sulman
seemed very sulky. At Rashid's I found Shaikh Hamed so stayed some time talking business. Tennis party
in afternoon, quite a lot of people. I had a wonderful Bridge evening playing with Davies, we won 63 and