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 89
... koddu carrying their oysters in great baskets . The koddu was an enor- mous fenced square enclosure with nine open huts run- ning down it from end to end . Each hut was divided into compartments , and each boat as soon as it arrived had ...
... koddu carrying their oysters in great baskets . The koddu was an enor- mous fenced square enclosure with nine open huts run- ning down it from end to end . Each hut was divided into compartments , and each boat as soon as it arrived had ...
Page 90
... Koddu Superintendent ; I was Assistant Koddu Super- intendent ; Stevenson was Superintendent of Police . Stevenson and I shared a bungalow . I was also Addi- tional Police Magistrate , and when I had time helped with the supervision of ...
... Koddu Superintendent ; I was Assistant Koddu Super- intendent ; Stevenson was Superintendent of Police . Stevenson and I shared a bungalow . I was also Addi- tional Police Magistrate , and when I had time helped with the supervision of ...
Page 91
... Koddu Superintendent had to be in the koddu the whole time , keeping order among the hundreds of shouting , gesticulating Arabs in the light of flickering oil lamps and torches and taking over the Government's oysters . In the day one ...
... Koddu Superintendent had to be in the koddu the whole time , keeping order among the hundreds of shouting , gesticulating Arabs in the light of flickering oil lamps and torches and taking over the Government's oysters . In the day one ...
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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