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n Lovely day, spent all the morning in the sun planting a hedge along the new area of cultivation, I hope son
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of it grows. Did some work on my annual report & in the afternoon some more gardening. Felt all the bett
for a day out in the open. Quite chilly in the evening coming home & we took ages by boat as tide & wii
r all wrong.

mrm The Commodore looked in before dinner to borrow books. He always looks so very well.

Saturday 9th February

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Shaikhs came in as usual. They discussed the new Persian so called northern Government's claim
Bahrain also surgon's visit to Bn, which Sulman remembered mainly as being a boy he came in by C£^
from Rafaa riding in front of his father who carried a dagger in front of his belt which stuck into Suln
back all the time. The Agency sent & asked Sh A when he got his C1E - so of course he & HH t
something in the wind.