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Page 32
... vedda women , wandering in the jungle like men . " The other women laughed , and Angohami , a dirty shrivelled woman , with thin shrivelled breasts , called out in a shrill voice : " Why should we suffer these veddas in the vil- lage ...
... vedda women , wandering in the jungle like men . " The other women laughed , and Angohami , a dirty shrivelled woman , with thin shrivelled breasts , called out in a shrill voice : " Why should we suffer these veddas in the vil- lage ...
Page 57
... veddas into the house , and I am to call a pariah sister ! A fine and a rich wife ! A pariah woman , a vedda , a daughter of a dog , ' vesi , vesige duwa ? Ohé ! the headman's brother is to marry a sweeper of jakes ! Do you hear this ...
... veddas into the house , and I am to call a pariah sister ! A fine and a rich wife ! A pariah woman , a vedda , a daughter of a dog , ' vesi , vesige duwa ? Ohé ! the headman's brother is to marry a sweeper of jakes ! Do you hear this ...
Page 184
... vedda ? A fine hunter ! To be hunted for years now and not to know it ! It is the headman who is the vedda , a very clever hunter . I have been lying here like a fat old stag in a thicket while he was crawling , crawling nearer and ...
... vedda ? A fine hunter ! To be hunted for years now and not to know it ! It is the headman who is the vedda , a very clever hunter . I have been lying here like a fat old stag in a thicket while he was crawling , crawling nearer and ...
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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