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... crop , from two to four acres of chena , would be sufficient to support a family for a year . But no one , not even the headman , ever enjoyed the full crop which he had reaped . At the time of reaping a band of strangers from the ...
... crop , from two to four acres of chena , would be sufficient to support a family for a year . But no one , not even the headman , ever enjoyed the full crop which he had reaped . At the time of reaping a band of strangers from the ...
Page 145
... 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 required ...
... 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 required ...
Page 149
... 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 trouble ...
... 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 trouble ...
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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