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Both in Magampattu and in the two western pattus snipe were plentiful in the wet
season, and on the lewayas and irrigation tanks there was good teal shooting.
Before I came to the District I had done very little shooting, but I soon began to do
...
Both in Magampattu and in the two western pattus snipe were plentiful in the wet
season, and on the lewayas and irrigation tanks there was good teal shooting.
Before I came to the District I had done very little shooting, but I soon began to do
...
Page 201
of the world downwards, shooting and hunting at first fascinated me. The
excitement is tremendous, whether you are stalking a deer in the jungle, shooting
snipe in a paddy field, or waiting in the evening on a tank for the sound of the
whistling ...
of the world downwards, shooting and hunting at first fascinated me. The
excitement is tremendous, whether you are stalking a deer in the jungle, shooting
snipe in a paddy field, or waiting in the evening on a tank for the sound of the
whistling ...
Page 217
As time went on and my experience of the jungle, shooting, and shooters
increased, I became more and more prejudiced against my fellow white men. I
may have been sometimes over-severe. Engelbrecht reported to me once that
two ...
As time went on and my experience of the jungle, shooting, and shooters
increased, I became more and more prejudiced against my fellow white men. I
may have been sometimes over-severe. Engelbrecht reported to me once that
two ...
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| Title | Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Volume 2 Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Leonard Woolf |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace & World, Incorporated, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 30 Sep 2008 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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