Leonard Sidney Woolf ‘s years in Sri Lanka (1904-1910)

"Henry H Engelbrecht was among the 5126 Boer prisoners-of-war incarcerated in Ceylon around 1900, mainly in Diyatalawa. When the Boer war ended in 1902, the Boers were sent back to South Africa, provided they swore an oath of allegiance to the King of England and his successors. Engelbrecht refused the oath saying that the present King was alright but he cannot vouch for his future successors! He was held in a prison in Hambantota until 1906 when he was released and appointed a Game Ranger at Yala National Park. He was a good tracker and shikari (hunter) and Leonard learned a lot about the jungle from him. It was this knowledge that Leonard put to good use in his novel The Village in the Jungle which was published in 1913."
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