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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Page 188
... buffaloes , but also of the large numbers of wild buffalo which soon became infected and spread the disease to the tame buffaloes . Cattle and buffalo were the people's most valuable property ; the prosperity of the whole district ...
... buffaloes , but also of the large numbers of wild buffalo which soon became infected and spread the disease to the tame buffaloes . Cattle and buffalo were the people's most valuable property ; the prosperity of the whole district ...
Page 199
... buffaloes were being continually infected by dis- eased wild buffaloes , I did something by large - scale removal of uninfected buffaloes to remote places where they might escape infection . For instance , I removed 450 buffaloes from ...
... buffaloes were being continually infected by dis- eased wild buffaloes , I did something by large - scale removal of uninfected buffaloes to remote places where they might escape infection . For instance , I removed 450 buffaloes from ...
Page 234
... buffaloes and why had they been allowed to stray ? It turned out that it was the Arachchi himself who owned the buffaloes . You fined the Arachchi 10 rupees for not carrying out his duties as headman and not seeing that the buffaloes ...
... buffaloes and why had they been allowed to stray ? It turned out that it was the Arachchi himself who owned the buffaloes . You fined the Arachchi 10 rupees for not carrying out his duties as headman and not seeing that the buffaloes ...
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