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Page 47
... wild fruit or a comb of the wild honey . Gradually the hut of the veddas , as they were nicknamed , seemed to the other villagers to fall under a cloud . The headman's enmity and the strange ways of Silindu formed a bar to intercourse ...
... wild fruit or a comb of the wild honey . Gradually the hut of the veddas , as they were nicknamed , seemed to the other villagers to fall under a cloud . The headman's enmity and the strange ways of Silindu formed a bar to intercourse ...
Page 81
... wild , not fit for your house . She was very frightened and angry . " For a moment Punchirala was disconcerted that his rebuff was known . But anger came to his rescue . " Am I to ask the girl then when I want a wife ? Can the father ...
... wild , not fit for your house . She was very frightened and angry . " For a moment Punchirala was disconcerted that his rebuff was known . But anger came to his rescue . " Am I to ask the girl then when I want a wife ? Can the father ...
Page 229
... wild fruit and honey , and the birds and animals which they managed to snare or kill . They were never caught ; there were no villages in that wilder- ness from which information could come to the police . Sometimes one of the few bold ...
... wild fruit and honey , and the birds and animals which they managed to snare or kill . They were never caught ; there were no villages in that wilder- ness from which information could come to the police . Sometimes one of the few bold ...
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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