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 50
... bungalows had been built in which lived the Superintendent of Police , the Assistant Superintendent of Police , and the District Judge . And perched up on one of the bastions was a bungalow for ... bungalow on the bastion that I 50 GROWING.
... bungalows had been built in which lived the Superintendent of Police , the Assistant Superintendent of Police , and the District Judge . And perched up on one of the bastions was a bungalow for ... bungalow on the bastion that I 50 GROWING.
Page 64
... bungalow with " dirty Dutton " . I therefore with some trepidation called upon him to ask him to take me in . His bungalow appalled me . It was in a side street , smothered in trees , hot , stuffy , full of mosquitoes and geckos - not a ...
... bungalow with " dirty Dutton " . I therefore with some trepidation called upon him to ask him to take me in . His bungalow appalled me . It was in a side street , smothered in trees , hot , stuffy , full of mosquitoes and geckos - not a ...
Page 122
... bungalow and din- ner . He had never been in that bit of country in his life before and he only stopped for two or three hours in the morning near the bungalow , but on a moonless night , across trackless sand , he had smelt or sensed a ...
... bungalow and din- ner . He had never been in that bit of country in his life before and he only stopped for two or three hours in the morning near the bungalow , but on a moonless night , across trackless sand , he had smelt or sensed a ...
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