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 55
... deal of paternal government unknown in European countries for several hundred years . The machinery of his govern- ment was a large number of headmen , a village headman in each village and superior or chief headmen in charge 55 JAFFNA.
... deal of paternal government unknown in European countries for several hundred years . The machinery of his govern- ment was a large number of headmen , a village headman in each village and superior or chief headmen in charge 55 JAFFNA.
Page 76
... headmen , the accused , and the child's relations . The young man took us to the place where he had thrown the body into the sea . The headmen collected 20 or 30 villagers and all day long we toiled over the burning blinding white sand ...
... headmen , the accused , and the child's relations . The young man took us to the place where he had thrown the body into the sea . The headmen collected 20 or 30 villagers and all day long we toiled over the burning blinding white sand ...
Page 182
... Headmen ) and their subordinate headmen had learned in the last two years my passion for efficiency and intolerance of inefficiency . The enumerators had been drilled so that they really knew how to fill in the forms . The Census night ...
... Headmen ) and their subordinate headmen had learned in the last two years my passion for efficiency and intolerance of inefficiency . The enumerators had been drilled so that they really knew how to fill in the forms . The Census night ...
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