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" They have no Towns nor Houses, only live by the waters under a Tree, with some boughs cut and laid round about them, to give notice when any wild Beasts come near, which they may hear by their rustling and trampling upon them. Many of these habitations... "
A Description of Ceylon, Containing an Account of the Country, Inhabitants ... - Page 124
by James Cordiner - 1807
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The Asiatic Annual Register, Or, A View of the History of ..., Volume 1

Lawrence Dundas Campbell, E. Samuel - Books - 1800 - 1036 pages
...with the Cingalefe. They have no towns nor houfes, only live by the waters under a tree, with fome boughs cut and laid round about them, to give notice when any wild beafti come near, which they may hear by their milling and trampling upon them. Soine of the more civilized...
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The Phrenological Journal and Miscellany, Volume 7

Phrenology - 1832 - 700 pages
...near other inhabitants, have commerce \vrth other people. They have no towns nor house?, only Jive by the waters under a tree, with some boughs cut and laid round about i iu'in, to give notice when any wild beasts come near, which they may hear by their rustling and trampling...
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Ceylon: past and present

Sir George Barrow (2d bart.) - Sri Lanka - 1857 - 220 pages
...axe, which they stick in by their sides, to cut honey out of hollow trees. Some few, which are near inhabitants, have commerce with other people : they...these habitations we saw when we fled through the weeds; but, God be praised! the Vaddahs were gone." Dr. Davy mentions the Veddahs—incidentally—...
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Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin

Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin - Science - 1882 - 448 pages
...Erfindung des Künstlers. 2) Hartshorne lcp 413. 3) Bailey lcp 282. 4) Knox (lcp 123) sagt von ihnen: they have no towns nor houses, only live by the waters...laid round about them, to give notice when any wild beast come near, which they may heer by their rustling and trampling upon them. Er sah solche Plätze...
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The Veddás of Ceylon, and Their Relation to the Neighbouring Tribes

Rudolf Virchow - Ethnology - 1888 - 166 pages
...and towards others, so long as they are unmolested. They * Knox (1. c., pp. 61, 62) says of them: — "They have no towns nor houses, only live by the waters...may hear by their rustling and trampling upon them." He saw such places on his flight from an almost twenty years- imprisonment. f Sir B. Tennent, 1. c.,...
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An Historical Relation of Ceylon: Together with Somewhat Concerning Severall ...

Robert Knox - Ceyton - 1911 - 590 pages
...little Ax, which they stick in by their sides, to cut hony out of hollow Trees. Some few, which are near Inhabitants, have commerce with other people. They...the Woods, but God be praised the Vaddahs were gone. Some of the tamer sort of these men are in a kind of Subjection to the King. For if they can be found,...
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Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Volume 9, Issue 32

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Ceylon Branch, Colombo - Archaeology - 1887 - 254 pages
...towards others, so long as they are unmolested. They * Km >x (I. e., pp. 61, 62) says of them: — "They have no towns nor houses, only live by the waters...may hear by their rustling and trampling upon them." He saw such places on his flight from an almost twenty years' imprisonment. t Sir E. Tennent, I. e.,...
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Handbuch Der Orientalistik

George van Driem - Austronesian languages - 2001 - 496 pages
...which they stick in by their sides, to cut hony out out of the hollow Trees. Some few, which are near Inhabitants, have commerce with other people. They...the Woods, but God be praised the Vaddahs were gone. Some of the tamer sort of these men are in a kind of Subjection to the King. For if they can be found,...
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Illustrations and Views of Dutch Ceylon 1602-1796: A Comprehensive Work of ...

R. Rajpal Kumar De Silva - Travel - 1988 - 512 pages
...Inhabitants, have commerce with <t'f/i- ?',/<//// erf Wt/tti Cui.niLir From Ano.v, 1692 From A/IOA, 1681 other people. They have no Towns nor Houses, only...them, to give notice when any wild Beasts come near. Some of the tamer sort of these men are in a kind of Subjection to the King ...they will acknowledg...
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