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Page 195
There was a well - known water hole about 1 } miles through the jungle on the left of the road , and he told me that it was in a terrible state as there were bodies of dead buffaloes in and around it . It was the dry season and there ...
There was a well - known water hole about 1 } miles through the jungle on the left of the road , and he told me that it was in a terrible state as there were bodies of dead buffaloes in and around it . It was the dry season and there ...
Page 199
In the jungle - surrounded arable areas of Magampattu , like Tissamaharama , where tame buffaloes were being continually infected by diseased wild buffaloes , I did something by large - scale removal of uninfected buffaloes to remote ...
In the jungle - surrounded arable areas of Magampattu , like Tissamaharama , where tame buffaloes were being continually infected by diseased wild buffaloes , I did something by large - scale removal of uninfected buffaloes to remote ...
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Then you gave me your gun ; you were riding a horse and you said that you would go and drive the buffalo down to me and that I was to shoot it . This we did . Then you asked who owned these buffaloes and why had they been allowed to ...
Then you gave me your gun ; you were riding a horse and you said that you would go and drive the buffalo down to me and that I was to shoot it . This we did . Then you asked who owned these buffaloes and why had they been allowed to ...
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