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And Angohami there , who whines about her Podi Sinho , her man has had
twenty - five kurunies since the reaping of the last crop . ' These words of
Nanchohami were not without effect . An uneasy movement began among the
little group of ...
And Angohami there , who whines about her Podi Sinho , her man has had
twenty - five kurunies since the reaping of the last crop . ' These words of
Nanchohami were not without effect . An uneasy movement began among the
little group of ...
Page 145
The failure of the previous year's chena crop had made it impossible to recover
anything ; in fact he was pestered with requests for further loans to tide the
debtors over the hot season , until the chenas could again be sown . The creditor
was ...
The failure of the previous year's chena crop had made it impossible to recover
anything ; in fact he was pestered with requests for further loans to tide the
debtors over the hot season , until the chenas could again be sown . The creditor
was ...
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crop will pay it , but they don't care . They don't fence the chena or watch it ; they
sit and sleep in the compound , and the deer and pig go off with my rupees in
their bellies . Isn't that true ? ' • It's true , aiya . ' · And what can I do , a town man ...
crop will pay it , but they don't care . They don't fence the chena or watch it ; they
sit and sleep in the compound , and the deer and pig go off with my rupees in
their bellies . Isn't that true ? ' • It's true , aiya . ' · And what can I do , a town man ...
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aiya Aiyo Arachchi asked Babehami Babun became began bring brother brought called carrying charm chena child clear cloth comes compound court crop daughter dead deer devil died evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando followed fool girl give given Hamadoru hand hang head headman hear heard Hinnihami hunter interpreter judge jungle Kamburupitiya Karlinahami kill knew Korala laughed leave lies listen live looked Mahatmaya mind months morning mother Mudalali never night once passed path perhaps prison Punchi Menika Punchirala rain rice road round seemed seen side silence Silindu slowly speak squatted stand stood strange talk tell temple thing thought told took track trees trouble true turned understand vederala village voice waited walked watched wife wild wind woman women
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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