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Page 184
... hunter , a vedda ? 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 ...
... hunter , a vedda ? 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 ...
Page 210
... hunter . Yes , and the hunter , always kill- ing , 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 , after a long time , the blood of the hunter ...
... hunter . Yes , and the hunter , always kill- ing , 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 , after a long time , the blood of the hunter ...
Page 224
... 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 hunter ...
... 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 hunter ...
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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