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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 11 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 ...
At the end of three days he gave her half a seer 11 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 ...
Page 130
A great chena crop was assured . 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 Gove ernment was going to make advances of
seed , and ...
A great chena crop was assured . 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 Gove ernment was going to make advances of
seed , and ...
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User Review - Steve38 - LibraryThingDear me but this is a depressing book. Everything that can go wrong does go wrong for the main characters. Written from the point of view of impoverished, uneducated jungle dwellers in Sri Lanka by ... Read full review
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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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