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Mylrhea came in in the morning, Hesketh brought his successor to call, a very dull seeming man but
himself is not exciting. Sh Khalifah came round after dinner mainly because he is upset about the new Poli<
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'3. thinking he is not to have any say to them, he said he wanted to resign & the usual sort of talk, in fact \
r really does very little work now & is getting very fat & lazy.

Thursday 23rd August
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3 A very hot sticky day. Spent a long time at the Fort before breakfast fixing up the furniture in the room?a
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the part to be used by the British Police. Office, not a busy morning, M Khalil, Braganza & McMillan & ■
r Commodore came in & A Kerim in a state of hysterics because it seems Bird had scolded him about a
case in the Agency Court, an accident in which two men were knocked down & badly injured by a navali
>3 which didnt stop to pick them up & apparently driven by a N.O. one Webster, who persuaded a native dr*~
to say he was driving, a bad show. Expected the B Police on tomorrow's boat but got a message through
the ship & heard they were not on board. Had a sun bathe on the roof after lunch & then down to H
3 Bathed at Sanyar after dinner, a very sticky evening. Half Ramadhan over. AR Zaguni, back from Bagh
called, said pearls are selling well in Iraq & going to Turkey & Syria.
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