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1935
Fort. Office. Cold day, a strong shamaal blowing. Called on the Holmes in the evening. Saul, the Group
Captain of the RAF in Basrah came to dinner & two young RAF men came to call.
Wednesday 20th [February]
Fort, quite a hot day in the sun. Went over to Hedd after breakfast, narrowly avoided being caught by the
Shaikh Mohammed who sticks like a leech when he gets the chance & spends most of his time complaining
of poverty. Walked along to the end of the sea road & then sailed over to Muharraq a pleasant sailing day.
The Police Station is getting on very well & it will be a good building. Hedd is a very wretched place as the
people there are so poor now, all depend on diving. The Resident arrived by flying boat from Muscat.
Tennis & Bridge as usual. I went to a batchelor party at the Agency, a farewell party to Worth & M went to
