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Page 64
Now finding myself without a bungalow , I decided to ask Dutton to take me in . It was a bold step . I knew that the rest of Jaffna's white population . would strongly disapprove , but I had built up a reputation of being an extremely ...
Now finding myself without a bungalow , I decided to ask Dutton to take me in . It was a bold step . I knew that the rest of Jaffna's white population . would strongly disapprove , but I had built up a reputation of being an extremely ...
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One evening , when I was doing this , I arrived at the bungalow before the carts . I tied my pony to a tree and went off into the jungle north of the bungalow . I had often seen peafowl in the neighbourhood and I thought I would try to ...
One evening , when I was doing this , I arrived at the bungalow before the carts . I tied my pony to a tree and went off into the jungle north of the bungalow . I had often seen peafowl in the neighbourhood and I thought I would try to ...
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... attitude towards Tamils and Sinhalese , 53–55 ; work as Cadet , 55-61 ; in Dutton's bungalow , 64-70 ; enquires into murder of boy , 75–77 ; enquires into stabbing case , 78 ; in A. R. Shipton's bungalow , 79-81 ; on relief works at ...
... attitude towards Tamils and Sinhalese , 53–55 ; work as Cadet , 55-61 ; in Dutton's bungalow , 64-70 ; enquires into murder of boy , 75–77 ; enquires into stabbing case , 78 ; in A. R. Shipton's bungalow , 79-81 ; on relief works at ...
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