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Page 76
He said that he had taken the boy to Kangesanturai , carried him out into the sea ,
knelt on him in the water until he was drowned , took his gold ornaments , and
then threw the body out into the sea . I set off at once to the sea , accompanied by
...
He said that he had taken the boy to Kangesanturai , carried him out into the sea ,
knelt on him in the water until he was drowned , took his gold ornaments , and
then threw the body out into the sea . I set off at once to the sea , accompanied by
...
Page 77
I don ' t think the body will have gone seaward yet as it has not had time to float
and the way the tides set it will be found on the beach if found at all . Yours most
respectfully J . H . Rhodes Master P . S . We give a drowned man from 7 to 9 days
...
I don ' t think the body will have gone seaward yet as it has not had time to float
and the way the tides set it will be found on the beach if found at all . Yours most
respectfully J . H . Rhodes Master P . S . We give a drowned man from 7 to 9 days
...
Page 167
In one case the man appeared not to die immediately ; the body went on
twitching violently and the executioner went and pulled on the legs . In the other
case four men had to hang one morning and they were hanged two by two . The
first two ...
In one case the man appeared not to die immediately ; the body went on
twitching violently and the executioner went and pulled on the legs . In the other
case four men had to hang one morning and they were hanged two by two . The
first 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 Volume 2 of Woolf, Leonard: An autobiography of the years |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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