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At a signal from the diver the man paid out the rope as fast as he could and the
diver on the stone was carried to the floor of the sea . There he shovelled oysters
into a large basket which was attached to another rope . When he shook the rope
...
At a signal from the diver the man paid out the rope as fast as he could and the
diver on the stone was carried to the floor of the sea . There he shovelled oysters
into a large basket which was attached to another rope . When he shook the rope
...
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passing to carry him across . They said that they were on the way to Palatupana
to collect salt and could not do so , but they would carry him across on their way
back . A little while afterwards there came by some Sinhalese and the God asked
...
passing to carry him across . They said that they were on the way to Palatupana
to collect salt and could not do so , but they would carry him across on their way
back . A little while afterwards there came by some Sinhalese and the God asked
...
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When a high caste man died , his corpse was carried out of his compound to
cremation or burial not through the gate , but part of the cadjan fence was torn
down and the corpse was carried out through the hole . Suddenly one of the
lower ...
When a high caste man died , his corpse was carried out of his compound to
cremation or burial not through the gate , but part of the cadjan fence was torn
down and the corpse was carried out through the hole . Suddenly one of the
lower ...
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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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