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... dagobas still stand in Tissamaharama . And in the north , buried in the jungle so deep that thirty yards away you can see no trace of them , I have come upon the remains of mag- nificent irrigation works , giant sluices , stone work and ...
... dagobas still stand in Tissamaharama . And in the north , buried in the jungle so deep that thirty yards away you can see no trace of them , I have come upon the remains of mag- nificent irrigation works , giant sluices , stone work and ...
Page 99
... dagobas gleaming in- the sun . Beyond shone the pleasant sheet of water through which the jungle had yielded the smiling plain ; the dead trees still stood up gaunt and black from its surface ; great white birds sat upon the black ...
... dagobas gleaming in- the sun . Beyond shone the pleasant sheet of water through which the jungle had yielded the smiling plain ; the dead trees still stood up gaunt and black from its surface ; great white birds sat upon the black ...
Page 100
... dagoba , which is called after an ancient king , and laid the flowers upon the shrine as an offering , and walked three times around , crying ... dagobas . around which sat groups , like themselves , of pil- 100 THE VILLAGE IN THE JUNGLE.
... dagoba , which is called after an ancient king , and laid the flowers upon the shrine as an offering , and walked three times around , crying ... dagobas . around which sat groups , like themselves , of pil- 100 THE VILLAGE IN THE JUNGLE.
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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