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Page 15
Below the bund lay the stretch of rice-fields, about thirty acres, which the villagers
cultivated, if the tank filled with water, by cutting a hole in the bund, through which
the water from the tank ran into the fields. The jungle rose high and dense ...
Below the bund lay the stretch of rice-fields, about thirty acres, which the villagers
cultivated, if the tank filled with water, by cutting a hole in the bund, through which
the water from the tank ran into the fields. The jungle rose high and dense ...
Page 97
At the end of three days he gave her half a seer * of rice, and said, 'Amara Devi,
cook for me kunji, boiled rice, and cakes.” She never thought to say, 'How can I
cook so much out of half a seer of rice?” but was ready to do as she was told.
At the end of three days he gave her half a seer * of rice, and said, 'Amara Devi,
cook for me kunji, boiled rice, and cakes.” She never thought to say, 'How can I
cook so much out of half a seer of rice?” but was ready to do as she was told.
Page 130
The more energetic began to talk of rice cultivation, now that the tank was full,
and to regret the want of seed paddy. Then a rumour spread that the Government
was going to make advances of seed, and at last one day the Korala Mahatmaya
...
The more energetic began to talk of rice cultivation, now that the tank was full,
and to regret the want of seed paddy. Then a rumour spread that the Government
was going to make advances of seed, and at last one day the Korala Mahatmaya
...
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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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