"١/١ المجلد I العلاقات الكويتية السعودية" [و‎‎٢‎٧] (٦٠٨/٦٤)

PEIiSQN/iL & C0KF1 DEI^TIaL * Political Agency % Kuwait.
Dated the 23r& April 1921.
I have to apologize very greatly indeed
for not laving replied earlier to your charming and inter
esting letter of 10th Februaiy last which reached me early
in Larch and which gave me great pleasure.
2* I had intended writing to you a month ago,
hut three tilings came in the way, which successfully pre
vented me. Firstly, I went into camp at Araifjan for 10
days with Mrs* Dickson and the children, secondly, I had to
write up my Annual Administration Report on Kuwait which ran
into 52 pages of foolscap, and thirdly, I had to complete
and get off the Annual Kuwait Trade Report, which with its
tremendous amount of detail and figures, kept me busy for
the best part of a month.
I hope therefore you will accept the above
reasons as ray excuse for failing to wiite.
3* I am greatly looking forward to reading
your lecture on Arabia before the Royal Asiatic Society.
As I am also a member, I shall no doubt see it in the next
nournal. It is not surprising that people in England are
ignorant of the manners and customs of Arabs, and a lecture
on this subject from one speaking with authority will do
nothing but good.
4* I was keenly interested to hear about the
reception which you gave at the Hyde Park Hotel in honour
of H.M.King Bin Saud*s coronation day. Indeed I heard about
it from several other sources also, and was told it was a
great success.
5* I fully share your hopes about Colonel
Biscoe being able to visit the Fejaz before long to clear up
all misunderstandings for I am a great believer in the
saying that "More is accomplished in an hour’s conversation,
than in a year of letter writing".
Of course I shall make