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Page 12
In Beddagama there lived a man called Silindu, with his wife Dingihami. They
formed one of the ten families which made up the village, and all the families
were connected more or less closely by marriage. Silindu was a cousin of the
wife of ...
In Beddagama there lived a man called Silindu, with his wife Dingihami. They
formed one of the ten families which made up the village, and all the families
were connected more or less closely by marriage. Silindu was a cousin of the
wife of ...
Page 31
... the fat Sinhalese Muda- lali,1 Kodikarage Allis Appu, had supplied grain and
curry stuffs on the same terms ; and among a crowd of smaller men the sly-faced
low-caste man, who called himself Achchige Don Andris (his real name Andrissa
...
... the fat Sinhalese Muda- lali,1 Kodikarage Allis Appu, had supplied grain and
curry stuffs on the same terms ; and among a crowd of smaller men the sly-faced
low-caste man, who called himself Achchige Don Andris (his real name Andrissa
...
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 ...
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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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