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Fort. Office. Shaikh Abdulla called & discussed the Baharni business & other matters. Went over to the
Agency for a while. Miss Williams, sister-in-law of Colonel Fowle, the Resident, arrived in the afternoon, M
& I were at the Mission & she came before we got back, a stout middle aged rather common female but quite
pleasant and evidently easy to entertain. She went to dinner with Loch, as he is leaving on tour tomorrow &
we had the Russells to dinner, played Bridge afterwards, quite a pleasant evening.

Wednesday 6th Feb

Very cold day, heavy rain in the night but it dried up by the afternoon. I was afraid my seeds would all be
ruined but they survived. Fort in morning. Had a long talk with Amir of Muharraq about a liquor case which
he suspects. Tennis in the afternoon, not many people. Miss W went down the bazaar in the morning, she is