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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... completely unlike the open scrub jungle of the great treeless stretches of sand which in the south you often find alternating with thick jungle . But it is also quite different from the brilliant luxuriant foun- tains of tree and shrub ...
... completely unlike the open scrub jungle of the great treeless stretches of sand which in the south you often find alternating with thick jungle . But it is also quite different from the brilliant luxuriant foun- tains of tree and shrub ...
Page 118
... completely dried up , not a sign or sound of life anywhere , not a drop of water , not a speck of mud in any ditch or pond . While I was working at the kachcheri , the monsoon broke , the heavens opened , and I rode back in drenching ...
... completely dried up , not a sign or sound of life anywhere , not a drop of water , not a speck of mud in any ditch or pond . While I was working at the kachcheri , the monsoon broke , the heavens opened , and I rode back in drenching ...
Page 122
... completely lost my way . The sandy track in the wilderness of sand was quite invisible and there were no villages and no inhabitants . All I could do was to look at the stars and ride south and trust to luck . My horse then performed ...
... completely lost my way . The sandy track in the wilderness of sand was quite invisible and there were no villages and no inhabitants . All I could do was to look at the stars and ride south and trust to luck . My horse then performed ...
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