Growing, an Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911The author's account of his seven years as a civil servant in Ceylon. |
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... Mullaittiva Adam's Bridge EAS NORTH Anuradhapura CENTRAL Trincomalee PROVINCE Puttalam Chilaw PROVINCE Negombo COLOMBO Batticaloa ROVINCE Kandy Nuwara Eliya Badulla WESTERN PRO VINCE Ratnapura ABARAGAMUWA Galle Matara Tangalla. CEYLON.
... Mullaittiva Adam's Bridge EAS NORTH Anuradhapura CENTRAL Trincomalee PROVINCE Puttalam Chilaw PROVINCE Negombo COLOMBO Batticaloa ROVINCE Kandy Nuwara Eliya Badulla WESTERN PRO VINCE Ratnapura ABARAGAMUWA Galle Matara Tangalla. CEYLON.
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... Tangalla , thirty miles or so away . There was no railway and about once a month I drove or rode to Tangalla and stayed a night or two there in the Government Rest House . One evening on my arrival I found the Duttons in the Rest House ...
... Tangalla , thirty miles or so away . There was no railway and about once a month I drove or rode to Tangalla and stayed a night or two there in the Government Rest House . One evening on my arrival I found the Duttons in the Rest House ...
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... Tangalla , 71 Templer , G. D. , 98-102 Templer , Judge , 136-137 Tennis , Sacrament of , 44-47 ; 135 Tissamaharama , 175 ; 199 Tooth , Buddha's , 142–145 ; 159 ; 162 Twynam , Sir William , 104- 105 Tyrrell , Sir , F. G. , 134 ; 136 ...
... Tangalla , 71 Templer , G. D. , 98-102 Templer , Judge , 136-137 Tennis , Sacrament of , 44-47 ; 135 Tissamaharama , 175 ; 199 Tooth , Buddha's , 142–145 ; 159 ; 162 Twynam , Sir William , 104- 105 Tyrrell , Sir , F. G. , 134 ; 136 ...
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