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Page 19
... kurakkan in my hut , from which my sister can make cakes . It remains from last year's chena , and after it is eaten there will be nothing . The headman , too , is pressing for the three shillings1 body tax . ' How , ' I say to him ...
... kurakkan in my hut , from which my sister can make cakes . It remains from last year's chena , and after it is eaten there will be nothing . The headman , too , is pressing for the three shillings1 body tax . ' How , ' I say to him ...
Page 30
... kurakkan for every kuruni lent to them . Nanchohami had touched the mainspring upon which the life of the village worked- debt . The villagers lived upon debt , and their debts were the main topic of their conversation . A good kurakkan ...
... kurakkan for every kuruni lent to them . Nanchohami had touched the mainspring upon which the life of the village worked- debt . The villagers lived upon debt , and their debts were the main topic of their conversation . A good kurakkan ...
Page 56
... kurakkan have you taken ? ' I have taken nothing from you . I have worked two years in the chena , and the crop came to you , not to me . Is not the grain now in your barn from the chena cleared by me ? ' Babehami was too quiet and ...
... kurakkan have you taken ? ' I have taken nothing from you . I have worked two years in the chena , and the crop came to you , not to me . Is not the grain now in your barn from the chena cleared by me ? ' Babehami was too quiet and ...
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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