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Page 77
asked Karlinahami. ' Am I not a vederala and the son of a veder- ala? The
learning of the father is handed down to the son.' ' Yes, I remember hearing my
mother speak of him : there was no one in the district, she said, so skilled in
charms and ...
asked Karlinahami. ' Am I not a vederala and the son of a veder- ala? The
learning of the father is handed down to the son.' ' Yes, I remember hearing my
mother speak of him : there was no one in the district, she said, so skilled in
charms and ...
Page 105
Even in those days he was a Tamil god, so he called to a band of Tamils who
were passing, and asked them to carry him down across the river. The Tamils
answered, ' Lord, we are poor men, and have travelled far on our way to collect
salt in ...
Even in those days he was a Tamil god, so he called to a band of Tamils who
were passing, and asked them to carry him down across the river. The Tamils
answered, ' Lord, we are poor men, and have travelled far on our way to collect
salt in ...
Page 190
The judge said something to the interpreter, who asked them their names in an
angry threatening voice. Silindu had forgotten what his ge1 name was ; the
interpreter became still more angry at this, and Silindu still more sullen and
confused.
The judge said something to the interpreter, who asked them their names in an
angry threatening voice. Silindu had forgotten what his ge1 name was ; the
interpreter became still more angry at this, and Silindu still more sullen and
confused.
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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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