Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904 to 1911Woolf's account of his seven years as a civil servant in Ceylon. "He has a seemingly effortless way with words which is beautiful and spellbinding" (J. M. Edelstein, New Republic). Index; photographs. |
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... PROVINCE 0 20 40 Miles EAS NORTH Anuradhapura CENTRAL Trincomalee NORTH PROVINCE Puttalam WESTERN Chilaw PROVINCE Matale Kurunegala PROVINCE Negombo COLOMBO Batticaloa PROVINCE Kandy PROVINCE Nuwara Eliya Badulla OF UVA PROVINCE of SABAR ...
... PROVINCE 0 20 40 Miles EAS NORTH Anuradhapura CENTRAL Trincomalee NORTH PROVINCE Puttalam WESTERN Chilaw PROVINCE Matale Kurunegala PROVINCE Negombo COLOMBO Batticaloa PROVINCE Kandy PROVINCE Nuwara Eliya Badulla OF UVA PROVINCE of SABAR ...
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... Provinces and some of the Provinces were subdivided into Districts . In charge of the Province was a Government Agent ( al- ways referred to as the G.A. ) , a senior civil servant of 20 years ' service or more . The Provincial ...
... Provinces and some of the Provinces were subdivided into Districts . In charge of the Province was a Government Agent ( al- ways referred to as the G.A. ) , a senior civil servant of 20 years ' service or more . The Provincial ...
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... province as a paternal despot . It was said that he was over 40 years G.A. in Jaffna , so that the Northern Province had only two G.A.'s in 80 years . In 40 years he went back on leave to England only once , and the story was that when ...
... province as a paternal despot . It was said that he was over 40 years G.A. in Jaffna , so that the Northern Province had only two G.A.'s in 80 years . In 40 years he went back on leave to England only once , and the story was that when ...
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afternoon Anuradhapura Arabs Arachchi asked Assistant Government Agent Baron Blixen became boat Buddhist buffaloes bullock cart bungalow cattle Ceylon Civil Service civil servant Colombo completely Court curious deal deer District Dutton Elephant Pass Empress Empress Eugénie Engelbrecht enquiry extremely face felt Game Sanctuary Giruwa Pattu Governor Hambantota Hambantota District head headmen immense Jaffna kachcheri Kandy Kandyan Kataragama kind knew koddu lagoon Leonard Woolf leopard letter to Lytton lewaya licences lived looked Magampattu Mannar ment miles mind months morning never night Office Assistant one's oysters Pearl Fishery planters play Police Magistrate Province remember Rest House riding rinderpest road round salt sand seemed shooting side Sinhalese social Southorn strange suddenly Superintendent of Police talked Tamil Tangalla temple tennis thing Tissa Tissamaharama told took town trees Twynam Uva Province verandah village Walasmulla walked water hole Woolf