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 87
... streets : Main Street , Tank Street , New Street , New Moor Street . It was , I think , on February 15th that I sailed from Jaffna to Marichchukaddi in an open native boat . It took me a day and a half to reach Marichchukaddi . I lay on ...
... streets : Main Street , Tank Street , New Street , New Moor Street . It was , I think , on February 15th that I sailed from Jaffna to Marichchukaddi in an open native boat . It took me a day and a half to reach Marichchukaddi . I lay on ...
Page 112
... street of Jaffna and he met the G.A. , Mr. Price , and the O.A. , Mr. Woolf , who were riding up the street in the opposite direction . As they passed one another , Mr. Woolf turned his horse and deliberately hit Mr. Sanderasekara in ...
... street of Jaffna and he met the G.A. , Mr. Price , and the O.A. , Mr. Woolf , who were riding up the street in the opposite direction . As they passed one another , Mr. Woolf turned his horse and deliberately hit Mr. Sanderasekara in ...
Page 113
... street by building verandahs and stoeps out on to the highway . I remembered the long straight street in the glare and dust , the white houses and verandahs , and women's heads peering through blinds or round doors to see what the white ...
... street by building verandahs and stoeps out on to the highway . I remembered the long straight street in the glare and dust , the white houses and verandahs , and women's heads peering through blinds or round doors to see what the white ...
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