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Page 149
Will you sit down, aiya ?' said Babun. Fernando sat down upon it. Babun squatted
opposite to him, while Punchi Menika stood behind, leaning against the doorpost.
' Well, Babun,' said Fernando, ' will the cKena crop be good, do you think ?
Will you sit down, aiya ?' said Babun. Fernando sat down upon it. Babun squatted
opposite to him, while Punchi Menika stood behind, leaning against the doorpost.
' Well, Babun,' said Fernando, ' will the cKena crop be good, do you think ?
Page 153
'Yes, aiya, of course many people die of fever here too. But they die among their
relations, and friends, and people who are known to them ; in houses where their
fathers lived before them. Surely it is a more bitter thing to die in a strange place.
'Yes, aiya, of course many people die of fever here too. But they die among their
relations, and friends, and people who are known to them ; in houses where their
fathers lived before them. Surely it is a more bitter thing to die in a strange place.
Page 299
Aiya, how can I tell his name ? ' ' What was his name, fool ? ' ' They called him
Babun." ' What was he convicted for ? ' ' It was a false case. They said he had
robbed the Arachchi.' ' Oh, that man, yes. The Arachchi was killed afterwards,
wasn't ...
Aiya, how can I tell his name ? ' ' What was his name, fool ? ' ' They called him
Babun." ' What was he convicted for ? ' ' It was a false case. They said he had
robbed the Arachchi.' ' Oh, that man, yes. The Arachchi was killed afterwards,
wasn't ...
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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 chena child cloth compound crop daughter deer devil elephant evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando fever fool girl give grain hami 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 Malay 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
Bibliographic information
| Title | The village in the jungle |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Publisher | Hogarth Press, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 307 pages |
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