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Page 56
... bring you a dowry . " " Yes , " said Nanchohami , " it would be a good thing for you to go to Kotegoda and take a woman from there , a daughter of my man's brother.1 She would bring you land , and you could settle there . What use is it ...
... bring you a dowry . " " Yes , " said Nanchohami , " it would be a good thing for you to go to Kotegoda and take a woman from there , a daughter of my man's brother.1 She would bring you land , and you could settle there . What use is it ...
Page 60
... bring this girl into the compound . ' But they were very angry , for they want to marry me to a woman of Kotegoda , because of the land which she would bring as dowry . To - night they abused me , and there was a quarrel . I have left ...
... bring this girl into the compound . ' But they were very angry , for they want to marry me to a woman of Kotegoda , because of the land which she would bring as dowry . To - night they abused me , and there was a quarrel . I have left ...
Page 262
... bring more evil on themselves by their blindness . What happiness is there in it , my son ? The deer and the pig , they too are upon the path . It was greater sin to kill them than the other two . For those two , you say , were bringing ...
... bring more evil on themselves by their blindness . What happiness is there in it , my son ? The deer and the pig , they too are upon the path . It was greater sin to kill them than the other two . For those two , you say , were bringing ...
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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