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Page 86
You have come about your brother , no doubt . But I can do nothing ; I ' m only a
poor vederala . There is the Government hospital in Kamburupitiya , and a
Mahatmaya in trousers , a drinker of arrack , a clever man ; he will give you
Government ...
You have come about your brother , no doubt . But I can do nothing ; I ' m only a
poor vederala . There is the Government hospital in Kamburupitiya , and a
Mahatmaya in trousers , a drinker of arrack , a clever man ; he will give you
Government ...
Page 87
And I will talk to the girl for you , yes , and to my brother if he gets well . But take
the spell from him , vederala ; take the spell from him , I pray you . ' I know nothing
of spells . I am a poor village vederala with a little knowledge of roots and leaves
...
And I will talk to the girl for you , yes , and to my brother if he gets well . But take
the spell from him , vederala ; take the spell from him , I pray you . ' I know nothing
of spells . I am a poor village vederala with a little knowledge of roots and leaves
...
Page 114
Will you not come with us and look at my brother now ? ' Why should I see your
brother ? ' said the vederala angrily . What good can I do ? Did I not tell you ,
woman , that I cannot cure your brother ' s fever ? Where the god fails , can the
man ...
Will you not come with us and look at my brother now ? ' Why should I see your
brother ? ' said the vederala angrily . What good can I do ? Did I not tell you ,
woman , that I cannot cure your brother ' s fever ? Where the god fails , can the
man ...
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aiya Aiyo Arachchi asked Babehami Babun became began bring brother brought called carrying charm chena child clear cloth comes compound court crop daughter dead deer devil died evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando followed fool girl give given Hamadoru hand hang head headman hear heard Hinnihami hunter interpreter judge jungle Kamburupitiya Karlinahami kill knew Korala laughed leave lies listen live looked Mahatmaya mind months morning mother Mudalali never night once passed path perhaps prison Punchi Menika Punchirala rain rice road round seemed seen side silence Silindu slowly speak squatted stand stood strange talk tell temple thing thought told took track trees trouble true turned understand vederala village voice waited walked watched wife wild wind woman women
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Village in the Jungle |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Hogarth Press, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0701202564, 9780701202569 |
| Length | 307 pages |
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