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Now you, I know, have great skill in charms. You must make me one therefore
which will bring a Malay woman to me to a place of which I will tell you." Then my
father said, " Hamadoru ! I dare not do this. For I must go and make the charm in ...
Now you, I know, have great skill in charms. You must make me one therefore
which will bring a Malay woman to me to a place of which I will tell you." Then my
father said, " Hamadoru ! I dare not do this. For I must go and make the charm in ...
Page 77
the magistrate Hamadoru, knew of the charm by which1 he had brought the girl to
the fat Korala Mahatmaya in the cave.' ' Did your father teach you the making of
the charm ?' asked Karlinahami. ' Am I not a vederala and the son of a veder- ...
the magistrate Hamadoru, knew of the charm by which1 he had brought the girl to
the fat Korala Mahatmaya in the cave.' ' Did your father teach you the making of
the charm ?' asked Karlinahami. ' Am I not a vederala and the son of a veder- ...
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He is a vederala, very skilled in charms. You have not told why the one-eyed man
is angry, but the holy man knows because of his holiness and wisdom. The one-
eyed man came and said, " Give me your daughter," but this man, being mad, ...
He is a vederala, very skilled in charms. You have not told why the one-eyed man
is angry, but the holy man knows because of his holiness and wisdom. The one-
eyed man came and said, " Give me your daughter," but this man, being mad, ...
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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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