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Page 86
'You have come about your brother, no doubt. But I can do nothing; I'm only a
poor vederala. There is the Government hospital in Kamburupitiya, and a
Mahatmaya in trousers, a drinker of arrack, a clever man; he will give you
Government ...
'You have come about your brother, no doubt. But I can do nothing; I'm only a
poor vederala. There is the Government hospital in Kamburupitiya, and a
Mahatmaya in trousers, a drinker of arrack, a clever man; he will give you
Government ...
Page 87
And I will talk to the girl for you, yes, and to my brother if he gets well. But take the
spell from him, vederala; take the spell from him, I pray you.' “I know nothing of
spells. I am a poor village vederala with a little knowledge of roots and leaves
and ...
And I will talk to the girl for you, yes, and to my brother if he gets well. But take the
spell from him, vederala; take the spell from him, I pray you.' “I know nothing of
spells. I am a poor village vederala with a little knowledge of roots and leaves
and ...
Page 114
Pity us, vederala. Will you not come with us and look at my brother now 2' 'Why
should I see your brother ?" said the vederala angrily. “What good can I do Did I
not tell you, woman, that I cannot cure your brother's fever ? Where the god fails,
...
Pity us, vederala. Will you not come with us and look at my brother now 2' 'Why
should I see your brother ?" said the vederala angrily. “What good can I do Did I
not tell you, woman, that I cannot cure your brother's fever ? Where the god fails,
...
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afraid Agent Hamadoru aiya Aiyo Amara Devi anger angry Appochchi Arachchi asked Babehami Babun Beddagama began Beragama brother Buddha buffalo called charm child cloth Colombo compound daughter deer devil elephant evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando fever fool girl give grain hami hang headman hear heard Hinni Hinnihami hunter judge jungle Kamburupitiya kapurala Karlinahami kill knew Korala Mahatmaya kunji kurakkan kurunies laughed leave leopard listen live looked magistrate Malay months morning Mudalali Nanchohami never night path peon pilgrims prison Punchi Appu Punchi Menika Punchirala rain Ratemahatmaya rice Rodiya round sanyasi silence Silindu Sinhalese slowly squatted stood strange talk Tamils tank tell temple thing thought tired told took track trees trouble vedda vederala village walked watched wife wild woman women words yakka Yakkini yakko
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Village in the Jungle |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Hansa, 1972 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 30 Nov 2017 |
| Length | 307 pages |
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