… … Wed 11th [11 January 1911] Went out early to Diemer' s. Littmann came at 9.30. At 10.30 we went to the Library and … back to see Ernest. Mr Crowfoot lunched and we went with Littmann and Moritz to Ibn Tulun where there is still so much … reappears frequently in the plaster work. Then with Littmann to the Fatimid mosque by the Bab Zawileh and so home …
… I went out to see the Americans who were camped near. Dr Littmann I found I already knew. I made acquaintance with Mr … I pay 18 piastres. I gave them all T£1 tip. At 3.30 Mr Richards came to see me and I took him at 4 to the American …
… all too fast. I have spent them entirely with Moritz and Littmann and Mr Crowfoot. Dr Littmann is a delightful German whom I first met at Jerusalem …
… my accounts. Great sport with the soldiers as usual. The Richards came to call after lunch. Then Charlotte and I … of Asfar's and we called on Mme Asfar. Dined with the Richards. Very pleasant. … Damascus … Diary entry by Gertrude …
… to wait and hear about the headman for my diggings whom Mr Richard Whittall is engaging for me. As this is the most … far as I am concerned by 3 brothers, Herbert, Edward, and Richard. They are tall spare men about Father's standing; … the Herbert Whittalls last time I was here and this time Richard W. is making nearly all my arrangements for me. They …
… to receive. I at once communicated the war news to the Richards and we rejoiced together. I'm off tomorrow with an … running over marble basins. I went to tea with Mrs Richards and sat in her charming garden. She has a very nice … often stays at Norton where the clergyman (Scott) is Mrs Richards' brother in law. Isn't that odd. The Asfars had …
… - that was a little bust when I first came to Baghdad. Richard is an evil companion in the bazaars; he is always … the charming General Cobbe. I'm very glad; it will give Richard a fine opportunity for doing things and he and …