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 88
... dhows . The dhows were com- manded by chiefs or sheiks , some of whom , I think , com- manded several dhows . There were 4,577 Tamil and Moor divers , most of whom came from India ; they fished from open native boats . The Fishery ...
... dhows . The dhows were com- manded by chiefs or sheiks , some of whom , I think , com- manded several dhows . There were 4,577 Tamil and Moor divers , most of whom came from India ; they fished from open native boats . The Fishery ...
Page 89
... dhows and boats raced for the shore.1 The Arabs ran their boats up on to the sand and with a tremendous shouting rushed into the koddu carrying their oysters in great baskets . The koddu was an enor- mous fenced square enclosure with ...
... dhows and boats raced for the shore.1 The Arabs ran their boats up on to the sand and with a tremendous shouting rushed into the koddu carrying their oysters in great baskets . The koddu was an enor- mous fenced square enclosure with ...
Page 90
... dhows raced back before the wind blowing from the sea , the divers dumped their oysters and the Government had taken its share and the koddu was cleared by the late afternoon . This ideal timetable rarely worked out in prac- tice . For ...
... dhows raced back before the wind blowing from the sea , the divers dumped their oysters and the Government had taken its share and the koddu was cleared by the late afternoon . This ideal timetable rarely worked out in prac- tice . For ...
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