The Village in the JungleHansa, 1974 - 307 pages |
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Page 27
... vedda women , wandering in the jungle like men . ' The other women laughed , and Angohami , a dirty shrivelled woman , with thin shrivelled breasts , called out in a shrill voice : ' Why should we suffer these veddas in the village ...
... vedda women , wandering in the jungle like men . ' The other women laughed , and Angohami , a dirty shrivelled woman , with thin shrivelled breasts , called out in a shrill voice : ' Why should we suffer these veddas in the village ...
Page 54
... veddas into the house , and I am to call a pariah sister ! A fine and a rich wife ! A pariah woman , a vedda , a daughter of a dog , vesi , vesige duwa ? Ohé ! the headman's brother is to marry a sweeper of jakes ! Do hear you this ...
... veddas into the house , and I am to call a pariah sister ! A fine and a rich wife ! A pariah woman , a vedda , a daughter of a dog , vesi , vesige duwa ? Ohé ! the headman's brother is to marry a sweeper of jakes ! Do hear you this ...
Page 289
... : ' She goes about like a doe . They used to call the mad vedda a leopard . The leopard's cub has turned into a deer . ' As the months passed , she gradually began to feel as if each day might be the one THE VILLAGE IN THE JUNGLE 289.
... : ' She goes about like a doe . They used to call the mad vedda a leopard . The leopard's cub has turned into a deer . ' As the months passed , she gradually began to feel as if each day might be the one THE VILLAGE IN THE JUNGLE 289.
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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