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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Page 198
... Tissamaharama and the only food which I had had since midday was two or three biscuits . But I slept like a log until I was woken up by the sun again on my face . As I walked the 1 miles through the jungle to the road , two magnificent ...
... Tissamaharama and the only food which I had had since midday was two or three biscuits . But I slept like a log until I was woken up by the sun again on my face . As I walked the 1 miles through the jungle to the road , two magnificent ...
Page 199
... Tissamaharama , where tame buffaloes were being continually infected by dis- eased wild buffaloes , I did something by large - scale removal of uninfected buffaloes to remote places where they might escape infection . For instance , I ...
... Tissamaharama , where tame buffaloes were being continually infected by dis- eased wild buffaloes , I did something by large - scale removal of uninfected buffaloes to remote places where they might escape infection . For instance , I ...
Page 220
... Tissamaharama to hold an enquiry , and I left directions for Herr Hagenbeck and the Baron to be sent on to me there . They arrived in a motor - car two or three days later . Baron Axel Blixen was a middle - aged man with mutton - chop ...
... Tissamaharama to hold an enquiry , and I left directions for Herr Hagenbeck and the Baron to be sent on to me there . They arrived in a motor - car two or three days later . Baron Axel Blixen was a middle - aged man with mutton - chop ...
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