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Page 34
... grain of it come back to our house ? And Silindu owes another thirty , and came but yester- day for more . And ... grain . 5 Kurakkan , a grain , Eleusine coracana . These words of Nanchohami were not without effect . An 34 THE VILLAGE ...
... grain of it come back to our house ? And Silindu owes another thirty , and came but yester- day for more . And ... grain . 5 Kurakkan , a grain , Eleusine coracana . These words of Nanchohami were not without effect . An 34 THE VILLAGE ...
Page 36
... grain , and not unfrequently the stalks of Indian hemp , ' which by Government order no man may grow or possess ... grain on the same terms in times of scarcity , or when seed was wanted to sow the chenas . In the end the villager ...
... grain , and not unfrequently the stalks of Indian hemp , ' which by Government order no man may grow or possess ... grain on the same terms in times of scarcity , or when seed was wanted to sow the chenas . In the end the villager ...
Page 44
... grain in the barn now , and what there is will not last me until the reaping of the next crop . There is the old man ... grain that was in the barn . The grain which remains is my father's , and he keeps it for his use . You must go to ...
... grain in the barn now , and what there is will not last me until the reaping of the next crop . There is the old man ... grain that was in the barn . The grain which remains is my father's , and he keeps it for his use . You must go to ...
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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