The Village in the JungleHansa, 1974 - 307 pages |
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Page 26
... never had fever , and even in the days of greatest scarcity Karlinahami had seen that they got food . Karlinahami was far more careful to wash them than most mothers are : she used to quote the saying , ' Dirt is bad and children are ...
... never had fever , and even in the days of greatest scarcity Karlinahami had seen that they got food . Karlinahami was far more careful to wash them than most mothers are : she used to quote the saying , ' Dirt is bad and children are ...
Page 34
... never hear from Babehami whether they had cleared four acres or eight . But the life of the unfortunate man , who had offended the headman , would be full of dangers and difficulties . The permit applied for by him would be very slow in ...
... never hear from Babehami whether they had cleared four acres or eight . But the life of the unfortunate man , who had offended the headman , would be full of dangers and difficulties . The permit applied for by him would be very slow in ...
Page 251
... never see the daylight except through such bars now for the rest of his life- unless they hanged him . He thought of the great river that cut through the jungle many miles away : it was pleasant there , to bathe in the cool clear water ...
... never see the daylight except through such bars now for the rest of his life- unless they hanged him . He thought of the great river that cut through the jungle many miles away : it was pleasant there , to bathe in the cool clear water ...
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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