"ملف ٣/٢ أبنية الوكالة، من ١٩١٢" [و‎‎٢‎٢] (٤٨٤/٥٨)

a private living room and public reception room * In this
it hao been the custom to receive all native visitors of
consideration, whether paying complimantary visits or com-
tng on business# The possible rersult any day is tliat the
i ooji has at one and. tli© saise raosiont to serve as a sittin-
room for the Political Agent's wijfe, a reception roois for
Arabs and Persians on pleasure or business .and the reception
roos for European visitors of either sex*
This actually occurred on several occasions irhen I was
here with Major Knox, and I cannot help thinking that it
is highly Inconvenient and undesirable, no loss from the
native than from the European point of vieTT# I do not think
that Cheikh Ssa in the least relished having ladies in the
room when he called on Major Mnox» I am very strongly of
opinion that there should be an additional sitting roo© to
which neither Suropoans nor natives would feel insulted by
being asked to coae, and which would secure the Political
Agent's wife, when he has onej in euf/ways having one place
or another besides the bed-room iThore she could sit or work
without the possibility of having natives shown in on her
at any moment•
15t In this case again, it seems unnecessary for me to
submit any definite proposals until I have had an
opportunity of talking over the possibilities of the case
with the Assistant Engineer, should you see fit to require
him to report on the questions I hove raised#
I will take credit for having omitted to mention 100
lesser matters several of which have been the subject of
considerable correspondence# These I hope to be able to
carry out without further troubling you or Government*
16# I may, however, perhaps venture to ask one further
question, and that is whether Government would feel disposed
to provide this Agency with a tennis-court*
Bahrein is the worst place I have yet met with as re
gards the resources it supplies for ordinary recreation and
exercise, and recreation and exercise are certainly no less