TAA i.2.4.1

Sept.                         1926.

22.

Left London 10.45 am. Victoria. Via Dover - Calais - Paris

23.

Arrived Trieste 9. pm. and embarked S.S. Vienna.

24.

Dep. 1. pm.

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Arrived Alexandria 2^.30 pm. Dep. 6 pm for Cairo. Arr. Cairo. 9.45 pm.

Met D^r Saleh Bey Hamdi at Alex., with whom I arranged that

I would go to Alex. For a day (from Cairo) to see the Min. of P.WD.

28.

A. Lucas came to dine with me at the Continental Hotel:

Arranged that he shall go to Luxor with me on Tuesday Oct. 5.

29.

Saw Edgar at the Museum.

Arranged with him the following items:

The electric light in the Valley to be ready by Oct. 20^th.

Case . containing the painted casket (N^o 21) to be sent

to me at Luxor for final preparation for exhibiting

and to be return[ed] to the Cairo Museum within the

month.

That Lucas should accompany me to Luxor Oct. 5^th.

That our programme for this seasons campaign

would be to deal with the 'déblaiement' of the Store

Chamber. The tomb, as in last season, not

to be open to the public until the 1^st Jan 1927.

and from that date until the following March 15^th

visitors should be allowed 3 days per week.

Telephoned to the Dir. Of Customs, Ahmed Bey Gharto, regarding

l/<c>ustoms of eleven cases of stores and materials per S.S. 'Ranpura'.

Sent invoices and instructions to the P&O. Agent Port Said

for same,

Oct. 1.

Edgar dined with me. Bulletin required end of first week after

commencing work.

2.

Went to the Museum, where Edgar had kindly arranged with regard

to sending the painted casket in charge of Lucas to Luxor.

Inspected skeleton of a horse discovered by Firth and Quibell at

Saqqara. Allowing for certain shrinkage its height to withers is 160 cms

= 60" = 15 hands, which seems abnormally high for a horse of the Ramesside

period as Firth and Quibell appear to date it.