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Page 90
In theory the fishing ended each day in the early 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.
In theory the fishing ended each day in the early 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.
Page 127
One 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 Government. I did not know ...
One 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 Government. I did not know ...
Page 165
Sometimes half the village might be called as j witnesses and all the 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
...
Sometimes half the village might be called as j witnesses and all the 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
...
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| Title | Growing, an autobiography of the years 1904-1911 |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Publisher | Hogarth Press, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 256 pages |
| Subjects | › › Authors, English Biography & Autobiography / Literary Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Sri Lanka |
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