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 187
... cattle out on the Maha Lewaya adjoining the town . I had the sick bulls isolated and rode down to the lewaya in the evening , had all the cattle there rounded up and counted ; I put them in charge of watchers and ordered them to see ...
... cattle out on the Maha Lewaya adjoining the town . I had the sick bulls isolated and rode down to the lewaya in the evening , had all the cattle there rounded up and counted ; I put them in charge of watchers and ordered them to see ...
Page 188
... cattle . The difficulty of doing this was tremendous . There were no fences or hedges and all cattle were allowed habitually to wander about everywhere . In open places near towns or villages , like the lewayas , you would always see ...
... cattle . The difficulty of doing this was tremendous . There were no fences or hedges and all cattle were allowed habitually to wander about everywhere . In open places near towns or villages , like the lewayas , you would always see ...
Page 199
... cattle in the populated parts of West Giruwa Pattu . In the jungle - surrounded arable areas of Magampattu , like Tissamaharama , where tame buffaloes were being continually infected by dis- eased wild buffaloes , I did something by ...
... cattle in the populated parts of West Giruwa Pattu . In the jungle - surrounded arable areas of Magampattu , like Tissamaharama , where tame buffaloes were being continually infected by dis- eased wild buffaloes , I did something by ...
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