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Page 85
... Darkness began to settle over the jungle , and the life , which awakes only in its darkness , began to stir . Voices ... dark . He stumbled against the knotted root of a tree ; a long , straight , swinging bough struck him in the facc ...
... Darkness began to settle over the jungle , and the life , which awakes only in its darkness , began to stir . Voices ... dark . He stumbled against the knotted root of a tree ; a long , straight , swinging bough struck him in the facc ...
Page 214
... dark , and the sky was covered with cloud - day after day - so that one could not tell the west from the east . And at last , when we had many skins and horns , my father stopped , and stood still in the track and laughed . ' Child ...
... dark , and the sky was covered with cloud - day after day - so that one could not tell the west from the east . And at last , when we had many skins and horns , my father stopped , and stood still in the track and laughed . ' Child ...
Page 236
... dark coat , and , with many curses and com- plaints , got into the cart . Silindu followed slowly with the servant boy . They trailed wearily along the dark roads for three - quarters of a mile : then the cart stopped in the compound of ...
... dark coat , and , with many curses and com- plaints , got into the cart . Silindu followed slowly with the servant boy . They trailed wearily along the dark roads for three - quarters of a mile : then the cart stopped in the compound of ...
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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