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 183
... lewaya to the Government salt stores at Hambantota or Kirinda . After tenders had been called for , this was done on ... lewaya at Rs . 1.70 per ton . Then suddenly they all stopped work and left the lewaya and put a pistol at my head ...
... lewaya to the Government salt stores at Hambantota or Kirinda . After tenders had been called for , this was done on ... lewaya at Rs . 1.70 per ton . Then suddenly they all stopped work and left the lewaya and put a pistol at my head ...
Page 187
... 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 that none were removed and ...
... 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 that none were removed and ...
Page 199
... bulls and train them ; I got the Mudaliyars to obtain some bulls and took them down to the Hambantota lewaya in order to train them and myself to plough . It was literally ploughing the sand , and amused not only me , but the 199 ...
... bulls and train them ; I got the Mudaliyars to obtain some bulls and took them down to the Hambantota lewaya in order to train them and myself to plough . It was literally ploughing the sand , and amused not only me , but the 199 ...
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