The Village in the JungleHansa, 1974 - 307 pages |
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Page 90
... road are white with dust . The pools had dried up , and the little streams were now mere channels of gleaming sand ... roads beat up into their faces and eyes ; the wind swept them with its burning gusts and eddies of dust . Their feet ...
... road are white with dust . The pools had dried up , and the little streams were now mere channels of gleaming sand ... roads beat up into their faces and eyes ; the wind swept them with its burning gusts and eddies of dust . Their feet ...
Page 258
... road than him . ' They passed through several villages , where Silindu was an object of great interest . People came ... roads , or even sometimes in the jungle . Very old , very dirty , with long matted hair and wild eyes , he sat ...
... road than him . ' They passed through several villages , where Silindu was an object of great interest . People came ... roads , or even sometimes in the jungle . Very old , very dirty , with long matted hair and wild eyes , he sat ...
Page 271
... road as you go - wherever you are going to the prison or to the hanging- repeat the holy words many times . In that way you will acquire merit . Also meditate on you sins , the sin of killing , the deer and pig which you have killed ...
... road as you go - wherever you are going to the prison or to the hanging- repeat the holy words many times . In that way you will acquire merit . Also meditate on you sins , the sin of killing , the deer and pig which you have killed ...
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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