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 111
... stopped he impetuously opened the carriage door in order to get out and buy himself an orange or plantain . His foot slipped and he fell between the train and the platform , or would have done if I had not caught him round the waist and ...
... stopped he impetuously opened the carriage door in order to get out and buy himself an orange or plantain . His foot slipped and he fell between the train and the platform , or would have done if I had not caught him round the waist and ...
Page 210
... stopped fighting and turned in our direction . We made off as quickly as we could , and about two or three hundred yards away we came upon a cow elephant feeding peacefully . I saw the other strange sight one day when I was out with the ...
... stopped fighting and turned in our direction . We made off as quickly as we could , and about two or three hundred yards away we came upon a cow elephant feeding peacefully . I saw the other strange sight one day when I was out with the ...
Page 240
... stopped and asked me to help them . The stones which they had fished up had been seized by the Forest Department on the ground that they were " forest produce " . I wrote to the Assistant Conservator of Forests that I did not think that ...
... stopped and asked me to help them . The stones which they had fished up had been seized by the Forest Department on the ground that they were " forest produce " . I wrote to the Assistant Conservator of Forests that I did not think that ...
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