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Page 14
... wild buffalo loves the wallow , and the leopard his lair among the rocks . Silent , inert , and sullen he worked in the chena or squatted about his compound , but when he started for the jungle he became a different man . With slightly ...
... wild buffalo loves the wallow , and the leopard his lair among the rocks . Silent , inert , and sullen he worked in the chena or squatted about his compound , but when he started for the jungle he became a different man . With slightly ...
Page 43
... wild fruit or a comb of the wild honey . Gradually the hut of the 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 ...
... wild fruit or a comb of the wild honey . Gradually the hut of the 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 ...
Page 44
... wild- ness went a simplicity of mind and of speech , which showed in many ways , but above all in their love for Silindu and each other . As they became became more and When Silindu was Their lives were harder even than those of the ...
... wild- ness went a simplicity of mind and of speech , which showed in many ways , but above all in their love for Silindu and each other . As they became became more and When Silindu was Their lives were harder even than those of the ...
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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