The Village in the Jungle

by Leonard Woolf

[5]The veddas are the aborigines of Ceylon, and are or were hunters. They are often identified with Yakkas or devils.

[6]A Sinhalese woman will not speak to or refer to her husband byname. She always speaks of or to him as 'The father of my child,' or 'The father of Podi Sinho,' etc., or simply 'He.'

[7]Vide note supra.

[8]Kuruni is a measure employed in the measurement of grain.

[9]Kurakkan, a grain, Eleusine coracana.

[10]Term applied usually to a rich trader.

[11]Called bhang, ganja, or hashish.

[12]The head of a district for administrative and revenue purposes is a European Civil servant, and is called an assistant Government agent. The Sinhalese call him Agent Hamadoru.

[13]A respectful form of address.

[14]A fanam: six cents, one penny.