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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... morning of Thursday , January 5th . The town of Jaffna , for which I was bound , was the capital and administrative centre of the Northern Pro- vince . It stood upon a peninsula - the Jaffna peninsula- which is connected with the ...
... morning of Thursday , January 5th . The town of Jaffna , for which I was bound , was the capital and administrative centre of the Northern Pro- vince . It stood upon a peninsula - the Jaffna peninsula- which is connected with the ...
Page 177
... morning - the moment of silence , the heavy thud ; the moment of silence , the heavy thud - the rhythm of the sea , the rhythm of Hambantota . The second memory is of sight , not sound . In the early morning when I was having my early ...
... morning - the moment of silence , the heavy thud ; the moment of silence , the heavy thud - the rhythm of the sea , the rhythm of Hambantota . The second memory is of sight , not sound . In the early morning when I was having my early ...
Page 190
... morning at Talawa a villager told me a curious story about buffaloes . I had several times during the out- break been told that buffaloes which got the disease would often break out madly and travel long distances to die in the place ...
... morning at Talawa a villager told me a curious story about buffaloes . I had several times during the out- break been told that buffaloes which got the disease would often break out madly and travel long distances to die in the place ...
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