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                                                                                              letters with one of the Egyptian headmasters - so much easier to see these people & not to </a,rry
                                                                                              correspondence with them. I fancy he is somewhat inferiority complexed as he seemed to                          see    slngh
                                                                                              allusions in every line. For the afternoon went out sailing with Pelly for all the afternoon, a pleasant
                                                                                              way of enjoying the air. We saUed about in the harbour, I should have preferred a long trip ’ Pleasarutly

                                                                                              on the sea, a fair breeze. Having a lot of bother over rice, which merchants have imported from Per-
                                                               i the                          now UK.CC is deducting it from our imports of wheat but we dont own it so cant use it on rations
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                                                                                              Tuesday 26th June




                                                                                               Fori. HH & Sh A came
                                                                                               James Joyce, shows h„w";„"le!,'dail„k^’|8oalboU, the English "Lord-
                                                                                                                                                                    convicted of treas
                                                                                               looking very thin, off to Ira, 0„ some si|^^ the        news can be.                         on who, it tt/med
                                                                                                                                                     Saw Sh
                                                                                               going to India he must get a                          w, Mhhar^r 'he "
                                                                                                                            medical                                                          nce situatic>n - >
                                                                                               5000/- for poor relief. Came i         certificate -
                                                                                                                           ln toe aftern«"• Took a driv^ k                           cross with HH w'h*° S!
                                                                                                                                                                       n°ws. BMP
                                                                                               Called on HH at the Palace he 1                              e round i  ,n the aftern      manager gay.       e a c
                                                                                               down & people in & out &  mn , 1£lVing ->Llst                                          0011 & then hac a bc
                                                                                                                         most of the b      moved into the tn
                                                          few & du1*                                                                   rother                           quite a lovely Scs                 /
                                                       t> I caught l»st                                                                                                C°rnerof»'evera^;Po/
                                                       & exchangiri&                           Wednesday 27th June
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