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Drove in the afternoon. Almost finished my Annual Report.

Tuesday 6th March

Fort. Spent some time teaching men numbers. I found that many of the traffic men could not read
numbers. Shaikhs came, HH very amiable but boiling with anger against Hick & GP the latter having
been very rude to him when he called - & with no reason. Talked Zubara for a very long time then after
he had left he got a letter from Hick saying GP didnt support his claim & that was the last straw. He
really detests both of them & if poisoning were easy I am sure he would treat them to a dose. Saw Said
Said & al Tajur, quite pleasant, talked of the Hedd case & about the land boom. They were quite
interesting, Ali Karoo called asking my help & advice as old Yussef has become queer in the head &
quite violent, he attacked Ali twice in two days and then attacked their Indian clerk who has been with
them for years.
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Drove to Budega in the afternoon & found swarms of locusts. The garden looking quite flourishing & the
drilling machine ready to to start on the new ground. A warm day, south wind not very pleasant. Hick &
GP went to Oman to have a meeting of Shaikhs - a useless affair according to HH as they left out those
who matter & encourage men who ought not to be in authority.

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A message that the Bishop is coming down this week.