Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Volume 2"Leonard Woolf, aged twenty-four, went forth to help rule the British Empire. He returned home to London at thirty-one an older and wiser man. Soon afterward, he married Virginia Stephen. Growing is the story of the years in between, just before the growth of the Bloomsbury Group in London." -- Dust jacket. |
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Page 175
... Magampattu in the east , East Giruwa Pattu in the centre , and West Giruwa Pattu in the west . Magampattu was almost entirely covered with jungle . It contained the small town of Hambantota , but otherwise only small scattered and ...
... Magampattu in the east , East Giruwa Pattu in the centre , and West Giruwa Pattu in the west . Magampattu was almost entirely covered with jungle . It contained the small town of Hambantota , but otherwise only small scattered and ...
Page 200
... Magampattu : leopard , bear , elephant , buffalo , sambhur deer , spotted deer , and pig . Both in Magam- pattu and in the two western pattus snipe were plentiful in the wet season , and on the lewayas and irrigation tanks there was ...
... Magampattu : leopard , bear , elephant , buffalo , sambhur deer , spotted deer , and pig . Both in Magam- pattu and in the two western pattus snipe were plentiful in the wet season , and on the lewayas and irrigation tanks there was ...
Page 206
... Magampattu jungles . The Game Sanctuary itself was a fascinating place . Its western boundary was the Menik Ganga , a biggish river which , however , often had a mere trickle of water in it and only filled when there was heavy 206 GROWING.
... Magampattu jungles . The Game Sanctuary itself was a fascinating place . Its western boundary was the Menik Ganga , a biggish river which , however , often had a mere trickle of water in it and only filled when there was heavy 206 GROWING.
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