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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... road . It was a world of trees and changing leaves , and all the lives of all the people who lived in that world were , above all , lives full of trees and changing leaves . The only other passenger by the coach was a Sinhalese , the ...
... road . It was a world of trees and changing leaves , and all the lives of all the people who lived in that world were , above all , lives full of trees and changing leaves . The only other passenger by the coach was a Sinhalese , the ...
Page 29
... road behind and the road in front of you were absolutely identical , a straight ribbon of white or grey between two walls of green . In my last three years in Ceylon , I lived a great deal in this kind of solid jungle country , for it ...
... road behind and the road in front of you were absolutely identical , a straight ribbon of white or grey between two walls of green . In my last three years in Ceylon , I lived a great deal in this kind of solid jungle country , for it ...
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... road . The people worked on the road and were paid in rice and every fortnight I sailed across to superintend the work and see that the people received their rice . It was a pretty strenuous operation . I sailed in an open Tamil boat ...
... road . The people worked on the road and were paid in rice and every fortnight I sailed across to superintend the work and see that the people received their rice . It was a pretty strenuous operation . I sailed in an open Tamil boat ...
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