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Page 93
... kapurala , in order that the god might remove from her the curse of barrenness . Last , there was an old man , a trader from a large and distant vil- lage of another district ; he wore immense spectacles , and all day long he walked ...
... kapurala , in order that the god might remove from her the curse of barrenness . Last , there was an old man , a trader from a large and distant vil- lage of another district ; he wore immense spectacles , and all day long he walked ...
Page 107
... kapurala as he passed , for in this way they escape the curse of barrenness . The kapurala carried the god to his mistress , and then retired . Amid the roar of tom- toms , the jangling of bells , the flaring of great lights , and the ...
... kapurala as he passed , for in this way they escape the curse of barrenness . The kapurala carried the god to his mistress , and then retired . Amid the roar of tom- toms , the jangling of bells , the flaring of great lights , and the ...
Page 112
... kapurala's foot and prayed for a child ? Truly they say he is the god of the barren wife . Chi , chi , she covers her face with her hands . Is the man dead then ? What has the widow to do in Beragama ? Ohé ! now , see . She has come to ...
... kapurala's foot and prayed for a child ? Truly they say he is the god of the barren wife . Chi , chi , she covers her face with her hands . Is the man dead then ? What has the widow to do in Beragama ? Ohé ! now , see . She has come to ...
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afraid Agent Hamadoru aiya Aiyo anger angry Appochchi Arachchi asked Babehami Babun Beddagama began Beragama brother Buddha called charm chena crop child cloth Colombo compound dagobas daughter deer devil elephant evil eyes father fear felt Fernando fever fool girl give grain hami hand hang headman hear heard Hinni Hinnihami hunter judge jungle Kamburupitiya kapurala Karlinahami kill knew Korala Mahatmaya kunji kurakkan kurunies laughed leave Leonard Woolf listened live looked magistrate months morning Mudalali Nanchohami never night path peon pilgrims prison Punchi Menika Punchirala rain Ratemahatmaya rice Rodiya round sanyasi side silence Silindu Sinhalese slowly squatted stood strange talk Tamils tank tell temple thing thought tired told took track trees trouble understand veddas vederala village walked watched wife wild woman women words yakka Yakkini yakko