The Village in the JungleHansa, 1974 - 307 pages |
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Page 74
... charms . You must make me one therefore which will bring a Malay woman to me to a place of which I will tell you . " Then my father said , " Hamadoru ! I dare not do this . For I must go and make the charm in the compound of the girl's ...
... charms . You must make me one therefore which will bring a Malay woman to me to a place of which I will tell you . " Then my father said , " Hamadoru ! I dare not do this . For I must go and make the charm in the compound of the girl's ...
Page 77
... charms and medicines as your father . ' ' Yes , he knew many things which other vederalas know nothing of . He had a charm by which devils are charmed to become the servants of the charmer . He learnt it from a man of Sinhala , ' who ...
... charms and medicines as your father . ' ' Yes , he knew many things which other vederalas know nothing of . He had a charm by which devils are charmed to become the servants of the charmer . He learnt it from a man of Sinhala , ' who ...
Page 120
... charm over the devil , and the devil entered the man . When the one - eyed man made the charm he said to the devil : " Unless she be given to me , do not leave him . " ' A cry broke from Hinnihami ; she covered her face with her hands ...
... charm over the devil , and the devil entered the man . When the one - eyed man made the charm he said to the devil : " Unless she be given to me , do not leave him . " ' A cry broke from Hinnihami ; she covered her face with her hands ...
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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 hand 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 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 veddas vederala village walked watched wife wild woman women words yakka Yakkini yakko