Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Volume 2"Leonard Woolf, aged twenty-four, went forth to help rule the British Empire. He returned home to London at thirty-one an older and wiser man. Soon afterward, he married Virginia Stephen. Growing is the story of the years in between, just before the growth of the Bloomsbury Group in London." -- Dust jacket. |
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Page 188
... cattle . The difficulty of doing this was tremendous . There were no fences or hedges and all cattle were allowed habitually to wander about everywhere . In open places near towns or villages , like the lewayas , you would always see ...
... cattle . The difficulty of doing this was tremendous . There were no fences or hedges and all cattle were allowed habitually to wander about everywhere . In open places near towns or villages , like the lewayas , you would always see ...
Page 189
... cattle and buffaloes on the roads and in villages as a warn- ing . The kind of thing which I did is shown by the following extract from my official diary for June 26th , 1909 : I have received several complaints from the G.A. ...
... cattle and buffaloes on the roads and in villages as a warn- ing . The kind of thing which I did is shown by the following extract from my official diary for June 26th , 1909 : I have received several complaints from the G.A. ...
Page 194
... cattle , the herds roaming on the lewayas , the cart bulls , the valuable tame buffaloes used in large numbers for agricultural purposes under the great irrigation works , like Tissa , and in rice cultivation under village tanks , the ...
... cattle , the herds roaming on the lewayas , the cart bulls , the valuable tame buffaloes used in large numbers for agricultural purposes under the great irrigation works , like Tissa , and in rice cultivation under village tanks , the ...
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1817 LIBRARIES afternoon Anuradhapura Arabs Arachchi asked Assistant Government Agent Baron Blixen became boat Buddhist buffaloes bullock cart bungalow cattle Ceylon Civil Service CHIGAN civil servant Colombo Court curious deal deer District Dutton Elephant Pass Empress Empress Eugénie Engelbrecht extremely face felt Game Sanctuary Giruwa Pattu Governor Hambantota Hambantota District head headmen Jaffna kachcheri Kandy Kandyan Kataragama kind knew koddu lagoon Leonard Woolf leopard letter to Lytton lewaya licences lived looked Magampattu Mannar ment MICHIGAN miles mind months morning never night Office Assistant one's oysters Pearl Fishery planters play Police Magistrate Province remember Rest House riding rinderpest road round salt sand seemed shooting side Sinhalese Southorn strange suddenly Superintendent of Police talked Tamil Tangalla temple tennis thing Tissa Tissamaharama told took town trees Twynam Uva Province verandah village Walasmulla walked water hole Woolf