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Page 56
... village , and have children . They are rich : it is a good village : rain falls there , and there are cocoanut lands , and paddy grows . The village spreads and prospers , and the headman is a rich man . They say that tax is paid upon ...
... village , and have children . They are rich : it is a good village : rain falls there , and there are cocoanut lands , and paddy grows . The village spreads and prospers , and the headman is a rich man . They say that tax is paid upon ...
Page 181
... village a rumour spread through the village that the headman's house had been broken into during the night , and that Babehami had left at once to com- plain to the Korala . Late in the afternoon of the same day the Korala and Babehami ...
... village a rumour spread through the village that the headman's house had been broken into during the night , and that Babehami had left at once to com- plain to the Korala . Late in the afternoon of the same day the Korala and Babehami ...
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... village . Other huts had been abandoned , over- whelmed , blotted out before , but they had always lain on the outside of the village . The jungle had only drawn its ring closer round the remaining huts ; it had not broken into the village ...
... village . Other huts had been abandoned , over- whelmed , blotted out before , but they had always lain on the outside of the village . The jungle had only drawn its ring closer round the remaining huts ; it had not broken into the village ...
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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