‘The small and isolated population here desires the expression of its wishes that every one at home may enjoy a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Christmas will be celebrated in Aden by a Masonic Ball, despite the excessive heat of the weather… Events here are few and unexciting – the most striking of late days being the temporary sojourn of the Rajah of Rampoor and his numerous suite, going in pomp on a pilgrimage to Mecca…’
