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 90
... afternoon , the dhows raced back before the wind blowing from the sea , the divers dumped their oysters and the Government had taken its share and the koddu was cleared by the late afternoon . This ideal timetable rarely worked out in ...
... afternoon , the dhows raced back before the wind blowing from the sea , the divers dumped their oysters and the Government had taken its share and the koddu was cleared by the late afternoon . This ideal timetable rarely worked out in ...
Page 127
... afternoon a Colombo Sinhalese sent his card in and asked me to see him . I cannot now remember what his business was , but it was something to do with the purchase of salt or it may have been land from the Govern- ment . I did not know ...
... afternoon a Colombo Sinhalese sent his card in and asked me to see him . I cannot now remember what his business was , but it was something to do with the purchase of salt or it may have been land from the Govern- ment . I did not know ...
Page 165
... afternoon my room would be full of villagers . I am afraid that I must often have irritated my | staff , headmen and clerks who had to be present , by allowing cases to drag on all the afternoon and witnesses to pour out their ...
... afternoon my room would be full of villagers . I am afraid that I must often have irritated my | staff , headmen and clerks who had to be present , by allowing cases to drag on all the afternoon and witnesses to pour out their ...
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