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Tuesday 29th April

Fort.

Shaikhs came in. Letter from James with photos of his Trans Jordan trip, they arrived while the Shaikhs
were there & they were most interested in them & knew of all the people & places he referred to. HH in
quite a good temper, told him that Max was coming, he seemed very pleased.

Saw Yusif bin Mahmod about his hotel scheme, sounds alright but he doesnt want to talk to HH about it,
apparently not on good terms with him.

The Snows came in to dinner, just themselves, she is off on the 8th. A quite pleasant evening.

Wednesday 30th April

Took Pelly out for a ride round the town to show him new houses & things, ended up at the Sook al Arabia
but no china there. Very busy morning. Took Andrews & others out to see the new buildings which
interested them then had a food meeting, then Dr Doeg about various hospital affairs, then saw various other