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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... Uva Province which adjoined my District . On February 18th there were three cases of the disease among bulls in Hambantota town . These bulls had been transporting salt in carts to the tea estates in the Uva Province and had become ...
... Uva Province which adjoined my District . On February 18th there were three cases of the disease among bulls in Hambantota town . These bulls had been transporting salt in carts to the tea estates in the Uva Province and had become ...
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... Uva Province , but it had no roads to it and was so far from any inhabited place in Uva that it was practically inaccessible to the G.A. of that Province . It was about ten miles from Tissa- maharama and the A.G.A. Hambantota always had ...
... Uva Province , but it had no roads to it and was so far from any inhabited place in Uva that it was practically inaccessible to the G.A. of that Province . It was about ten miles from Tissa- maharama and the A.G.A. Hambantota always had ...
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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