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 182
... lewaya , I had to arrange , through the Salt Superintendent and the Chief Headmen , for its collection . The collectors had to be recruited from the villages and they often had to come considerable distances . This required careful ...
... lewaya , I had to arrange , through the Salt Superintendent and the Chief Headmen , for its collection . The collectors had to be recruited from the villages and they often had to come considerable distances . This required careful ...
Page 183
... lewaya to the Government salt stores at Hambantota or Kirinda . After tenders had been called for , this was done on ... lewaya at Rs . 1.70 per ton . Then suddenly they all stopped work and left the lewaya and put a pistol at my head ...
... lewaya to the Government salt stores at Hambantota or Kirinda . After tenders had been called for , this was done on ... lewaya at Rs . 1.70 per ton . Then suddenly they all stopped work and left the lewaya and put a pistol at my head ...
Page 186
... lewaya . A cart had just arrived and I checked the weight of each of its bags . I found that there was an excess of 36 lb. over the weight given at the lewaya . I tried another cart of 18 bags and found an excess of 15 lb. I then found ...
... lewaya . A cart had just arrived and I checked the weight of each of its bags . I found that there was an excess of 36 lb. over the weight given at the lewaya . I tried another cart of 18 bags and found an excess of 15 lb. I then found ...
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