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Page 41
... Agent Hamadoru . ' I said to him , ' Ralahami , if there be , the fault is not mine . ' Then he said , " The order has come from the Agent Hamadoru to the Disa Mahatmaya 11 that if one gun be found without permit in a headman's village ...
... Agent Hamadoru . ' I said to him , ' Ralahami , if there be , the fault is not mine . ' Then he said , " The order has come from the Agent Hamadoru to the Disa Mahatmaya 11 that if one gun be found without permit in a headman's village ...
Page 179
... Agent Hamadoru . The Agent Hamadoru is away on circuit . I cannot learn where he is or when he returns . " " Ohé ! a complaint ? Those dogs of peons ! Every one knows where the Agent Hamadoru is except the peon ; and he only knows when ...
... Agent Hamadoru . The Agent Hamadoru is away on circuit . I cannot learn where he is or when he returns . " " Ohé ! a complaint ? Those dogs of peons ! Every one knows where the Agent Hamadoru is except the peon ; and he only knows when ...
Page 180
... Agent Hamadoru one day . " " It is he , aiya , he and the headman . They want me to give my wife to the Mudalali . I refused . Now they have taken my chena from me . They will ruin me . The Agent Hamadoru , if he knew , would have ...
... Agent Hamadoru one day . " " It is he , aiya , he and the headman . They want me to give my wife to the Mudalali . I refused . Now they have taken my chena from me . They will ruin me . The Agent Hamadoru , if he knew , would have ...
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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