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... chena crop was assured . The more energetic began to talk of rice cultivation , now that the tank was full , and to regret the want of seed paddy . Then a rumour spread that the Gov- ernment was going to make advances of seed , and at ...
... chena crop was assured . The more energetic began to talk of rice cultivation , now that the tank was full , and to regret the want of seed paddy . Then a rumour spread that the Gov- ernment was going to make advances of seed , and at ...
Page 145
... chena crop made his own position far from easy : the debt outstanding together with the interest would be in itself a heavy charge on the next crop , even if it were a really good one . To be safe in giving still more credit , he ...
... chena crop made his own position far from easy : the debt outstanding together with the interest would be in itself a heavy charge on the next crop , even if it were a really good one . To be safe in giving still more credit , he ...
Page 149
... chena crop be good , do you think ? " " Who can say , aiya , who can say ? Only a fool measures his grain before it is on the threshing- floor . " " Then all these villagers do that , for they are all fools . Aiyo ! what cattle ! what ...
... chena crop be good , do you think ? " " Who can say , aiya , who can say ? Only a fool measures his grain before it is on the threshing- floor . " " Then all these villagers do that , for they are all fools . Aiyo ! what cattle ! what ...
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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