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Page 41
The Korala Mahatmaya is a hard man : he said to me , ' Arachchi , there are guns
in your village for which no permit has been given by the Agent Hamadoru . ' I
said to him , ' Ralahami , if there be , the fault is not mine . ' Then he said , ' The ...
The Korala Mahatmaya is a hard man : he said to me , ' Arachchi , there are guns
in your village for which no permit has been given by the Agent Hamadoru . ' I
said to him , ' Ralahami , if there be , the fault is not mine . ' Then he said , ' The ...
Page 76
Korala Mahatmaya , he will be angry , and put me into trouble , and ruin me ; and
if I consent to his wish I will gain £ 5 , which is much money , and possibly a
beating from the Malay men . It is better to risk the beating . ' So he agreed to
make ...
Korala Mahatmaya , he will be angry , and put me into trouble , and ruin me ; and
if I consent to his wish I will gain £ 5 , which is much money , and possibly a
beating from the Malay men . It is better to risk the beating . ' So he agreed to
make ...
Page 77
in the evening , at the time when the women go to draw water , the girl came to
the cave , and the Korala Mahatmaya enjoyed her . Then he sent her away , and
he called my father who was sitting outside in the jungle , and told him that the
girl ...
in the evening , at the time when the women go to draw water , the girl came to
the cave , and the Korala Mahatmaya enjoyed her . Then he sent her away , and
he called my father who was sitting outside in the jungle , and told him that the
girl ...
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User Review - Steve38 - LibraryThingDear me but this is a depressing book. Everything that can go wrong does go wrong for the main characters. Written from the point of view of impoverished, uneducated jungle dwellers in Sri Lanka by ... Read full review
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Village in the Jungle |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | 2, reprint |
| Publisher | B.R. Publishing Corporation, 1975 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 19 Feb 2009 |
| ISBN | 0883867052, 9780883867051 |
| Length | 301 pages |
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