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The stories were either old tales which she had learnt from her mother , or were
stories usually about Buddha , which she had heard told by pilgrims round the
campfire on their way to pilgrimages , or in the madamas or pilgrims ' resting ...
The stories were either old tales which she had learnt from her mother , or were
stories usually about Buddha , which she had heard told by pilgrims round the
campfire on their way to pilgrimages , or in the madamas or pilgrims ' resting ...
Page 28
You lie , ' said Karlinahami , roused for the moment by this abuse ; you lie ,
mother of dirt . Yesterday at this hour I saw your Podi Sinho here in the tank , pale
and shivering with fever , and pouring the cold tank water over himself . How
should ...
You lie , ' said Karlinahami , roused for the moment by this abuse ; you lie ,
mother of dirt . Yesterday at this hour I saw your Podi Sinho here in the tank , pale
and shivering with fever , and pouring the cold tank water over himself . How
should ...
Page 76
But the girl had seen the Korala Mahatmaya in the village , and she recognised
his black face and big belly , and she told her mother how she had been charmed
to go to the cave . The mother told the Malay men , and they were very angry .
But the girl had seen the Korala Mahatmaya in the village , and she recognised
his black face and big belly , and she told her mother how she had been charmed
to go to the cave . The mother told the Malay men , and they were very angry .
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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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