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... rice - fields , about thirty acres , which the villagers cultivated , if the tank filled with water , by cutting a ... rice " ; but in reality they only cultivated rice about once in ten years . Rice re- quires water in plenty ; it must ...
... rice - fields , about thirty acres , which the villagers cultivated , if the tank filled with water , by cutting a ... rice " ; but in reality they only cultivated rice about once in ten years . Rice re- quires water in plenty ; it must ...
Page 97
... 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 . She cleaned the rice , boiled the ...
... 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 . She cleaned the rice , boiled the ...
Page 130
... rice - crops . Their store was full of kurakkan and millet and rice . They were well fed , and even Silindu became happy . After the return of Hinnihami he seemed to change greatly . They were almost always to- gether , and the ...
... rice - crops . Their store was full of kurakkan and millet and rice . They were well fed , and even Silindu became happy . After the return of Hinnihami he seemed to change greatly . They were almost always to- gether , and the ...
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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