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Page 59
... pilgrims eating the evening meal . They ate rice again and cakes , and Hinnihami grew heavy with sleepiness . A great peace came upon her as she heard Karlina- hami tell of how she had before come on pilgrimage to the great Buddhist ...
... pilgrims eating the evening meal . They ate rice again and cakes , and Hinnihami grew heavy with sleepiness . A great peace came upon her as she heard Karlina- hami tell of how she had before come on pilgrimage to the great Buddhist ...
Page 60
... pilgrims . The street was thronged with pilgrims , idling , buying provisions , hurrying to the temple . It was near the time for the procession to start from the temple . The festival lasted fourteen days , and every night the god was ...
... pilgrims . The street was thronged with pilgrims , idling , buying provisions , hurrying to the temple . It was near the time for the procession to start from the temple . The festival lasted fourteen days , and every night the god was ...
Page 63
... pilgrims called upon the name of the god , and with bowls of blazing camphor upon their heads followed him in procession to his mistress's temple . There the kapuralas , blind - folded , took the god , hidden by the cloth , from the ...
... pilgrims called upon the name of the god , and with bowls of blazing camphor upon their heads followed him in procession to his mistress's temple . There the kapuralas , blind - folded , took the god , hidden by the cloth , from the ...
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afraid Agent Hamadoru aiya Aiyo anger angry Appochchi Arachchi asked Babehami Babun Beddagama began Beragama brother Buddha buffalo called charm chena child cloth Colombo compound crop daughter deer devil E. M. Forster elephant evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando fever fool frightened girl give grain hang headman hear heard Hinnihami hunter judge jungle Kamburupitiya kapurala Karlinahami kill knew Korala Mahatmaya kunji kurakkan kurunies laughed leave Leonard Woolf leopard listen live looked magistrate months Mudalali Nanchohami never night path peon pilgrims prison Punchi Menika Punchirala rain Ratemahatmaya rice Rodiya round sanyasi silence Silindu Sinhalese slowly squatted stood strange talk Tamils tank tell temple thing thought tired told took track trees trouble understand veddas vederala village walked watched wife wild woman women words yakka Yakkini yakko