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Page 35
And as they moved away up the small path, which led from the tank to the
compounds, they murmured together that Nanchohami did not seem to
remember that they had to repay two kurunies of kurakkan for every kuruni lent to
them.
And as they moved away up the small path, which led from the tank to the
compounds, they murmured together that Nanchohami did not seem to
remember that they had to repay two kurunies of kurakkan for every kuruni lent to
them.
Page 37
Very soon after the reaping of the crop he was again at the headman's door,
begging for a little kurakkan to be repaid at the next harvest, or tramping the thirty
miles to Kamburupitiya to hang about the bazaar, until the Mudalali agreed once
...
Very soon after the reaping of the crop he was again at the headman's door,
begging for a little kurakkan to be repaid at the next harvest, or tramping the thirty
miles to Kamburupitiya to hang about the bazaar, until the Mudalali agreed once
...
Page 162
What cattle these people are! Is Babun in my debt? Is he to get a share of my
chenas?” “Yes, aiya, I heard you tell him so.” “Well, is anything given for nothing?
Do they give you rice in the bazaar for nothing, or kurakkan or cloth P Do they?
Fool ...
What cattle these people are! Is Babun in my debt? Is he to get a share of my
chenas?” “Yes, aiya, I heard you tell him so.” “Well, is anything given for nothing?
Do they give you rice in the bazaar for nothing, or kurakkan or cloth P Do they?
Fool ...
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User Review - kaitanya64 - LibraryThingSet in colonial Ceylon, this novel is vivid and readable. While the author clearly illustrates a particular culture and time, that of a rural family in the "dry" forest area, where life is ... Read full review
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afraid Agent Hamadoru aiya Aiyo anger angry Appochchi Appu Arachchi asked Babehami Babun Beddagama began Beragama brother Buddha called charm chena crop child cloth compound dagobas daughter deer devil elephant evil eyes face 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 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 vedda vederala village walked watched wife wild woman women words yakka Yakkini yakko
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 |
| Length | 301 pages |
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