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Page 56
My father's brother married a woman of Kotegoda , ” said Babehami . " In those
days wives brought dowries with them - of land . He went to live on her land at
Kotegoda : it lies fifty miles away , towards Ruhuna . His sons and daughters are
...
My father's brother married a woman of Kotegoda , ” said Babehami . " In those
days wives brought dowries with them - of land . He went to live on her land at
Kotegoda : it lies fifty miles away , towards Ruhuna . His sons and daughters are
...
Page 72
The result of his quarrel with his brother had made him feared and respected .
They had cultivated a ... He put them in a cocoanut shell together with a lime ,
and placed them at night in the corner of his brother's compound . The next
morning ...
The result of his quarrel with his brother had made him feared and respected .
They had cultivated a ... He put them in a cocoanut shell together with a lime ,
and placed them at night in the corner of his brother's compound . The next
morning ...
Page 170
I will give her food and money , and also to her father . I will give work in my
chenas to your brother . So your brother can leave the woman and marry from
another village . » " I do not understand . I do not wish to marry from another
village .
I will give her food and money , and also to her father . I will give work in my
chenas to your brother . So your brother can leave the woman and marry from
another village . » " I do not understand . I do not wish to marry from another
village .
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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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