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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... boat with no protection from the sun and , as the bottom of the boat was usually full of the most ancient and fish - like smelling bilge water , the sun and stench combined were formidable . Punakari was one of the most deso- late and ...
... boat with no protection from the sun and , as the bottom of the boat was usually full of the most ancient and fish - like smelling bilge water , the sun and stench combined were formidable . Punakari was one of the most deso- late and ...
Page 87
... boat . It took me a day and a half to reach Marichchukaddi . I lay on a mattress with the sun beating down upon me during the day and the immense canopy of stars seemingly just above my head at night . We had to sail first south - west ...
... boat . It took me a day and a half to reach Marichchukaddi . I lay on a mattress with the sun beating down upon me during the day and the immense canopy of stars seemingly just above my head at night . We had to sail first south - west ...
Page 89
... boat . This went on all day . There were 473 boats divided into two fleets which fished on alternate days ; the largest number of boats to go out on any one day was 286. In the afternoon the Superintendent fired a gun out on the Banks ...
... boat . This went on all day . There were 473 boats divided into two fleets which fished on alternate days ; the largest number of boats to go out on any one day was 286. In the afternoon the Superintendent fired a gun out on the Banks ...
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