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Page 74
... father said , " Hamadoru ! I dare not do this . For I must go and make the charm in the compound of the girl's house . And I know these Malay people : they are very bad men . If they catch me there , they will kill me . " But the Korala ...
... father said , " Hamadoru ! I dare not do this . For I must go and make the charm in the compound of the girl's house . And I know these Malay people : they are very bad men . If they catch me there , they will kill me . " But the Korala ...
Page 75
... father- taking cold cooked rice with them -- set out from the house , saying they were going to my father's village for the treatment of the Korala with medicines in my father's house . But after leaving the village they turned aside ...
... father- taking cold cooked rice with them -- set out from the house , saying they were going to my father's village for the treatment of the Korala with medicines in my father's house . But after leaving the village they turned aside ...
Page 157
... father's village is the son's . I have never seen that village ; I have forgotten its name . I was born in Colombo ... father did . My father was a rich man , but always gambling ; no money stayed in the 1 Gama means a village . house ...
... father's village is the son's . I have never seen that village ; I have forgotten its name . I was born in Colombo ... father did . My father was a rich man , but always gambling ; no money stayed in the 1 Gama means a village . house ...
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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