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... rain falls most years in a two- month period from late November into January , and the rest of the year is searingly hot and dry . But when the rains come again , the jungle vegetation which has survived the long drought of summer and ...
... rain falls most years in a two- month period from late November into January , and the rest of the year is searingly hot and dry . But when the rains come again , the jungle vegetation which has survived the long drought of summer and ...
Page 129
... rains broke over the jungle . For days the rain fell steadily , ceaselessly . The tank filled and ran over ; the dry sandy channels became torrents , sweeping down old rotten trunks and great trees through the jungle ; a mist of ...
... rains broke over the jungle . For days the rain fell steadily , ceaselessly . The tank filled and ran over ; the dry sandy channels became torrents , sweeping down old rotten trunks and great trees through the jungle ; a mist of ...
Page 135
... rain fell and the seed was sown . The crop just showed green above the ground , and drought came again , and the young shoots died down . Then , when it was too late to save the crops , the rains came , and with them sickness . Want had ...
... rain fell and the seed was sown . The crop just showed green above the ground , and drought came again , and the young shoots died down . Then , when it was too late to save the crops , the rains came , and with them sickness . Want had ...
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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