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Page 27
... vedda women , wandering in the jungle like men . ' The other women laughed , and Angohami , a dirty shrivelled woman ... veddas are the aborigines of Ceylon , and are or were hunters . They are often identified with Yakkas or devils ...
... vedda women , wandering in the jungle like men . ' The other women laughed , and Angohami , a dirty shrivelled woman ... veddas are the aborigines of Ceylon , and are or were hunters . They are often identified with Yakkas or devils ...
Page 43
... veddas , as they were nicknamed , seemed to the other villagers to fall under a cloud . The headman's enmity and the strange ways of Silindu formed a bar to intercourse . And so it came about that Punchi Menika and Hinnihami grew up ...
... veddas , as they were nicknamed , seemed to the other villagers to fall under a cloud . The headman's enmity and the strange ways of Silindu formed a bar to intercourse . And so it came about that Punchi Menika and Hinnihami grew up ...
Page 54
... veddas into the house , and I am to call a pariah sister ! A fine and a rich wife ! A pariah woman , a vedda , a daughter of a dog , vesi , vesige duwa ? Ohé ! the headman's brother is to marry a sweeper of jakes ! Do you hear this ...
... veddas into the house , and I am to call a pariah sister ! A fine and a rich wife ! A pariah woman , a vedda , a daughter of a dog , vesi , vesige duwa ? Ohé ! the headman's brother is to marry a sweeper of jakes ! Do you hear this ...
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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