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Page 184
A fine hunter ! To be hunted for years now and not to know it ! It is the headman
who is the vedda , a very clever hunter . I have been lying here like a fat old stag
in a thicket while he was crawling , crawling nearer and nearer , round and round
...
A fine hunter ! To be hunted for years now and not to know it ! It is the headman
who is the vedda , a very clever hunter . I have been lying here like a fat old stag
in a thicket while he was crawling , crawling nearer and nearer , round and round
...
Page 210
But in the jungle , always killing — the leopard and jackal , and the hunter . Yes ,
and the hunter , always killing , the blood of deer and pig and buffalo . And at last
, the hunting of the hunter , very slow , very quiet , very cunning ; and at the end ...
But in the jungle , always killing — the leopard and jackal , and the hunter . Yes ,
and the hunter , always killing , the blood of deer and pig and buffalo . And at last
, the hunting of the hunter , very slow , very quiet , very cunning ; and at the end ...
Page 224
They say the hunter talks to himself in the jungle . It is a custom . Have you ever
been a hunter , Arachchi ? ” " No. You know that well enough . " “ Oh , yes . You
are no hunter . Who should know that better than I ? But do they call me a good ...
They say the hunter talks to himself in the jungle . It is a custom . Have you ever
been a hunter , Arachchi ? ” " No. You know that well enough . " “ Oh , yes . You
are no hunter . Who should know that better than I ? But do they call me a good ...
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aiya Aiyo Arachchi asked Babehami Babun became began bring brother brought called carrying charm chena child clear cloth compound court crop daughter dead deer devil died evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando followed fool girl give given Hamadoru hand hang head headman hear heard Hinnihami hunter interpreter judge jungle Karlinahami kill knew Korala laughed leave listened live looked Mahatmaya mind months morning mother Mudalali never night once passed path perhaps prison Punchi Menika Punchirala rain returned rice road round seemed seen side silence Silindu Sinhalese slowly speak squatted stand stood strange talk tank tell temple thing thought told took track trees trouble true turned understand vederala village voice waited walked watched wife wild wind woman women
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Village in the Jungle |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | 2, reprint |
| Publisher | B.R. Publishing Corporation, 1975 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 19 Feb 2009 |
| ISBN | 0883867052, 9780883867051 |
| Length | 301 pages |
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