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Friday 26th July

L- t At Jidda, came back rather early by launch & went to a cocktail party on the Norfolk - a perfectly awful
I affair, sweltering heal & everyone dripping. Then had dinner with the Captain, 104 in his cabin, a wretched
2 dinner & altogether a most disagreeable affair, nobody even pretended to be comfortable.
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i Saturday 27th July
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Fort. Very hot damp morning. Shaikhs came in, HH again tackled me about his money affairs & as usual
about Zubara. He stayed very late. Saw Cochrane who evidently thought he should be asked to the party.
These people - get so difficult over social pomp.

Spent afternoon at the Palace fixing everything up for the dinner party, it was quite a success though the food
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was not really very nice. Hh has one of the less good cooks & some of the food was not hot enough, there
ii 5? were 29 people altogether & not room for another one.
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