Seven years in Ceylon: stories of mission life . and oppressed. They have some queer customs. Often poor tree-climbers own only a single order to wash this they ask the washerman, and hedoes not refuse, to lend them the cloth of some otherperson which he has taken to wash, while he takes andwashes theirs ; thus it is not an uncommon thing for oneto see his cloth, which he has sent to be washed, wornon the person of a stranger. Thewasherman stands knee-deep in water p^and bleaches the garments by knocking ^-^^^them over the stones, swinging them \<»p: over his head as a thresher doe
Seven years in Ceylon: stories of mission life . and oppressed. They have some queer customs. Often poor tree-climbers own only a single order to wash this they ask the washerman, and hedoes not refuse, to lend them the cloth of some otherperson which he has taken to wash, while he takes andwashes theirs ; thus it is not an uncommon thing for oneto see his cloth, which he has sent to be washed, wornon the person of a stranger. Thewasherman stands knee-deep in water p^and bleaches the garments by knocking ^-^^^them over the stones, swinging them \<»p: over his head as a thresher does hisflail; to dry them he spreads them bythe road-side on the hot sand, andplaces a few stones on the corners tokeep them from blowing away. He israrely paid in money, but is generallygiven the leavings of table food and alittle rice and curry stuffs. \\e told thetwo little boys,whose nameswe learned we reKassappu andKadpeyal, thatif they wouldcome the fol-lowing day,with theirbodies bathedand their hairnicely combed,we would gowith them our-.
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