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Page 47
Punchi Menika walked slowly on down the track. The blood in her veins moved
strangely, stirred by the stirring life around her. The trumpet call of the sambur
blared through the jungle, a terrific cry of desire. The girl, who had heard it
unmoved ...
Punchi Menika walked slowly on down the track. The blood in her veins moved
strangely, stirred by the stirring life around her. The trumpet call of the sambur
blared through the jungle, a terrific cry of desire. The girl, who had heard it
unmoved ...
Page 81
Punchirala walked away. The others watched him in silence. When he got to the
fence of the compound, he turned round and smiled at them again. ' And don't
forget,' he called out, ' to tell the girl about the Malay girl who came to the Korala ...
Punchirala walked away. The others watched him in silence. When he got to the
fence of the compound, he turned round and smiled at them again. ' And don't
forget,' he called out, ' to tell the girl about the Malay girl who came to the Korala ...
Page 234
He walked slowly, following instinctively the tangled winding tracks. His lassitude
and fatigue increased. He reached Kamburupitiya in the evening of the third day,
and asked his way to the Ratemahatmaya's house. When Silindu reached the ...
He walked slowly, following instinctively the tangled winding tracks. His lassitude
and fatigue increased. He reached Kamburupitiya in the evening of the third day,
and asked his way to the Ratemahatmaya's house. When Silindu reached the ...
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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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