The Village in the JungleHansa, 1974 - 307 pages |
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Page 250
... magistrate , riding on a horse , and the Ratemahatmaya , in his hackery , 1 passed them when they were two or three ... magistrate's inquiry , but he did not understand this . He was weak and tired after the excitement of the trial and ...
... magistrate , riding on a horse , and the Ratemahatmaya , in his hackery , 1 passed them when they were two or three ... magistrate's inquiry , but he did not understand this . He was weak and tired after the excitement of the trial and ...
Page 255
... magistrate , the Ratemahatmaya , the Korala ( who had been sent for ) , and most of the men of the village to the place where the Arachchi had been shot . The body lay where it had fallen ; a rough canopy of boughs and leaves had been ...
... magistrate , the Ratemahatmaya , the Korala ( who had been sent for ) , and most of the men of the village to the place where the Arachchi had been shot . The body lay where it had fallen ; a rough canopy of boughs and leaves had been ...
Page 256
... magistrate walked back slowly to the village , followed by Silindu and the headman and such of the spectators as were more in- terested in the inquiry than in the post- mortem . The same procedure of inspection was gone through with ...
... magistrate walked back slowly to the village , followed by Silindu and the headman and such of the spectators as were more in- terested in the inquiry than in the post- mortem . The same procedure of inspection was gone through with ...
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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