Growing, an Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911The author's account of his seven years as a civil servant in Ceylon. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 10
Page 71
... Rest House . One evening on my arrival I found the Duttons in the Rest House ; he had been ordered to come and try a case which , for some reason , the Tangalla Police Magistrate and District Judge - who was Southorn - could not take ...
... Rest House . One evening on my arrival I found the Duttons in the Rest House ; he had been ordered to come and try a case which , for some reason , the Tangalla Police Magistrate and District Judge - who was Southorn - could not take ...
Page 132
... Rest House and lay in a long chair on the verandah . It was late evening and I was the only person in the Rest House . I had again on me that delicious feel- ing of setting out alone on a voyage into the unknown . The feeling was ...
... Rest House and lay in a long chair on the verandah . It was late evening and I was the only person in the Rest House . I had again on me that delicious feel- ing of setting out alone on a voyage into the unknown . The feeling was ...
Page 163
... Rest House Sir Kanthiah Vaithianathan . When he heard that I was going on to Mannar , he asked me to come and see him at his house there and also the Hindu Tiruketheesvaram temple which he is restoring at great cost . He explained to me ...
... Rest House Sir Kanthiah Vaithianathan . When he heard that I was going on to Mannar , he asked me to come and see him at his house there and also the Hindu Tiruketheesvaram temple which he is restoring at great cost . He explained to me ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
afternoon Anuradhapura Arabs Arachchi asked Assistant Government Agent Baron Blixen became boat Buddhist buffaloes bullock cart bungalow called cattle Ceylon Civil Service civil servant Colombo completely Court curious deal deer District Dutton Elephant Pass Empress Empress Eugénie Engelbrecht enquiry extremely face felt Game Sanctuary Giruwa Pattu Governor Hambantota Hambantota District head headmen immense Jaffna kachcheri Kandy Kandyan Kataragama kind knew koddu lagoon Leonard Woolf leopard lewaya licences lived looked Magampattu Mannar ment miles mind months morning never night Office Assistant one's oysters Pearl Fishery peon planters play Police Magistrate Province remember Rest House riding rinderpest road round salt sand seemed shooting side Sinhalese social Southorn strange suddenly Superintendent of Police talked Tamil Tangalla temple tennis thing Tissa Tissamaharama told took town trees Twynam Uva Province verandah village Walasmulla walked water hole Woolf