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 176
resident sportsmen might shoot . The issuing of licences to shoot big game -
elephant , buffalo , and deer — was in my hands and in the open season
sportsmen from all over the world used to come to Hambantota for big game
shooting .
resident sportsmen might shoot . The issuing of licences to shoot big game -
elephant , buffalo , and deer — was in my hands and in the open season
sportsmen from all over the world used to come to Hambantota for big game
shooting .
Page 217
As time went on and my experience of the jungle , shooting , and shooters
increased , I became more and more ... Engelbrecht reported to me once that two
planters , to whom I had issued licences to shoot deer , had shot deer in the river
bed ...
As time went on and my experience of the jungle , shooting , and shooters
increased , I became more and more ... Engelbrecht reported to me once that two
planters , to whom I had issued licences to shoot deer , had shot deer in the river
bed ...
Page 218
I told him what I thought of him as a " sportsman " and said that , quite apart from
that , I considered that the bed of the river was within the Sanctuary and I
proposed to prosecute him for shooting within the Sanctuary . I could try him as
Police ...
I told him what I thought of him as a " sportsman " and said that , quite apart from
that , I considered that the bed of the river was within the Sanctuary and I
proposed to prosecute him for shooting within the Sanctuary . I could try him as
Police ...
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User Review - Jenney - LibraryThingIn the feudal society of Ceylon "I felt that there was some depth of happiness rather than pleasure, of satisfaction, . . . which the western world is losing or has lost." (p 158) Judgments such as ... Read full review
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User Review - robertsgirl - LibraryThingThis is the second book Leonard Woolf wrote of his life. He is a graceful author, and a sensitive man. Good look into an aristocratic young britisher and his growing up. Read full review
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| Title | Growing, an Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911 Volume 2 of An autobiography, Leonard Woolf Leonard Woolf Volume 2 of Autobiography, Leonard Woolf |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Hogarth Press, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0701202521, 9780701202521 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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