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Page 12
Silindu was a cousin of the wife of Babehami, the headman, who lived in the
adjoining compound. Babehami had been made a headman because he was the
only man in the village who could write his name. He was a very small man, and
...
Silindu was a cousin of the wife of Babehami, the headman, who lived in the
adjoining compound. Babehami had been made a headman because he was the
only man in the village who could write his name. He was a very small man, and
...
Page 32
And when the strangers had gone, the settlement with the headman began ; for
the headman, on a small scale, lent grain on the same terms in times of scarcity,
or when seed was wanted to sow the chenas. In the end the villager carried but ...
And when the strangers had gone, the settlement with the headman began ; for
the headman, on a small scale, lent grain on the same terms in times of scarcity,
or when seed was wanted to sow the chenas. In the end the villager carried but ...
Page 148
His first move was to try to learn something about the family from the headman. ...
By evil charms they had enticed Babun to their compound, and now they boasted
that he, the brother of the headman's wife, had married Punchi Menika.
His first move was to try to learn something about the family from the headman. ...
By evil charms they had enticed Babun to their compound, and now they boasted
that he, the brother of the headman's wife, had married Punchi Menika.
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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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