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 89
... koddu carrying their oysters in great baskets . The koddu was an enor- mous fenced square enclosure with nine open huts run- ning down it from end to end . Each hut was divided into compartments , and each boat as soon as it arrived had ...
... koddu carrying their oysters in great baskets . The koddu was an enor- mous fenced square enclosure with nine open huts run- ning down it from end to end . Each hut was divided into compartments , and each boat as soon as it arrived had ...
Page 90
... Koddu Superintendent ; I was Assistant Koddu Super- intendent ; Stevenson was Superintendent of Police . Stevenson and I shared a bungalow . I was also Addi- tional Police Magistrate , and when I had time helped with the supervision of ...
... Koddu Superintendent ; I was Assistant Koddu Super- intendent ; Stevenson was Superintendent of Police . Stevenson and I shared a bungalow . I was also Addi- tional Police Magistrate , and when I had time helped with the supervision of ...
Page 92
... koddu made it infinitely worse and my thighs and scrotum were covered and inflamed with an intolerable rash . The pain and discomfort of walking about for five or six hours on end in the sun in this condition were appalling . I bore it ...
... koddu made it infinitely worse and my thighs and scrotum were covered and inflamed with an intolerable rash . The pain and discomfort of walking about for five or six hours on end in the sun in this condition were appalling . I bore it ...
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