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... darkness , leaping back only to be goaded on again by their thirst , ears twitching to catch a sound , and nostrils quivering to catch a scent of danger . And when the black muzzles go down into the water , it is only for a moment ; and ...
... darkness , leaping back only to be goaded on again by their thirst , ears twitching to catch a sound , and nostrils quivering to catch a scent of danger . And when the black muzzles go down into the water , it is only for a moment ; and ...
Page 84
... Darkness began to settle over the jungle , and the life , which awakes only in its darkness , began to stir . Voices ... dark . He stumbled against the knotted root of a tree ; a long , straight , swinging bough struck him in the face ...
... Darkness began to settle over the jungle , and the life , which awakes only in its darkness , began to stir . Voices ... dark . He stumbled against the knotted root of a tree ; a long , straight , swinging bough struck him in the face ...
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... dark coat , and , with many curses and complaints , got into the cart . Silindu followed slowly with the servant boy . They trailed wearily along the dark roads for three- quarters of a mile : then the cart stopped in the compound of ...
... dark coat , and , with many curses and complaints , got into the cart . Silindu followed slowly with the servant boy . They trailed wearily along the dark roads for three- quarters of a mile : then the cart stopped in the compound of ...
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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 child cloth compound daughter deer devil elephant evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando fever fool girl give grain hami hand 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