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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 15
At length Dingihami bore twins , two girls , of whom one was called Punchi
Menika and the other Hinnihami . When the women told Silindu that his wife was
delivered of two girls , he rushed into the hut and began to beat his wife on the
head ...
At length Dingihami bore twins , two girls , of whom one was called Punchi
Menika and the other Hinnihami . When the women told Silindu that his wife was
delivered of two girls , he rushed into the hut and began to beat his wife on the
head ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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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