“God made Russia, but the devil made Arkangel,” there are (S. 82, N. 7)
more than two hundred of those banished ones—men and women, all young,
all (= and) poor, most[2] of them sent without trial, few[3] amongst
them knowing even of what they are accused. Victor Ivanovitch[4] dines
with his friend B., for instance, and[5] after a stroll along[6] the
boulevards they separate. B. is arrested that[7] very evening, and when
Victor, astonished and horror-stricken[8], hastens[9] to inquire the
cause, he finds everybody[10], even B.’s _own_ father, as[11] much in the
dark as he _is himself_; all questions and petitions on[12] the subject
receive[13] vague administrative answers; all friends and relatives
are systematically discouraged and silenced; eagerly they wait for[14]
the numerous political trials that[15] come on without intermission,
hoping[16] to see the missing one’s (S. 67, N. 3) name on[17] the list of
criminals, or to see[18] his face once more, let[19] it be even in[20]
the prisoner’s dock; but as[21] they wait and[22] watch, the prisoner[23]
is, without any trial, en route for Arkangel.
Arrived[24] there, the routine (App. § 15) is the same for all;
whatever[25] the crime alleged, the age or sex, the[26] prisoner is taken
to the police-ward,—a[27] dreary log-building, containing two sections,
one for men, the other for women. The solitary table and chair in the
room, the four walls, and even the ceiling, are covered[28] with the
names of[29] youthful predecessors, whose pencilled[30] jests and clever
caricatures bear[31] witness to the strength of confidence in themselves
with which they began[32] their life in exile.
[1] +des Gouvernements Archangel.+
[2] most of them, +meistens+; sent = sent there; without trial = without
any trial, +ohne jegliches Verhör+.
[3] Say liter. ‘of whom even but (+nur+) few know’.
[4] Here follows ‘for instance’; with = in company of.
[5] Say ‘+und trennt sich von ihm nach+’, etc.
[6] +auf.+
[7] +noch an demselben Abend.+
[8] +aufs höchste erschrocken.+
[9] to hasten to inquire the cause, +sich eiligst nach der Ursache
erkundigen+.
[10] everybody = that all.
[11] Supply ‘are’ (+sich befinden+) before ‘as’.
[12] +über die Sache.+
[13] receive — answers = are vaguely (+in unbestimmter Weise+, which
place after government) answered by (S. 106, N. 23) the government.
[14] +auf.+
[15] = that follow one another (+auf einander folgen+).
[16] = in the hope.
[17] +in.+
[18] +zu schauen+ (App. § 1); face, +Angesicht+, n.
[19] let it be = be it even.
[20] in — dock, +vor den Schranken des Gerichts+.
[21] = whilst.
[22] and watch = and attentively watch (+bewachen+) everything.
[23] Insert the adv. +schon+ after the subject; en route for = on the way
to.
[24] +Dort angekommen+; ‘routine’, here = treatment; the words ‘the same’
are to be placed at the end of the clause.
[25] whatever — sex, +welches Verbrechens der Gefangene auch eingeklagt
und welches Alters und Geschlechts er auch sei+.
[26] the — ward = yet (+so ... doch+) he is always taken (= conducted) to
(+in+) the police-ward (+Polizeiwache+, f.).
[27] a — women = that consists of (+aus+) a miserable block-house of
(+aus+) two divisions, one of which is appointed for men and the other
for women.
[28] +beschrieben+, p. p.
[29] of — predecessors = of the former (+früher+, adj.) youthful
inhabitants of the same (to agree with room).
[30] pencilled, +mit Bleistift gezeichnet+, which use attributively.
[31] bear — themselves = prove the intensity (+Größe+, f.) of the
confidence in themselves (+Selbstvertrauen+, n.).
[32] ‘to begin’, here +an´treten+, sep. comp. str. v. tr.; life in exile
= banishment.
_Section 166._
RUSSIAN POLITICAL PRISONERS IN BANISHMENT.
II.
In this dreary abode[1] a week or ten days is spent, when[2] the governor
of Arkangel, after due reflection, marks out[3] for this dangerous
personage some final place of exile (S. 76, N. 22, _B_), some[4]
miserable little district town[5], such as Holmogor, Shenkoursk, Pinega,
or Mexen. The[6] prisoner is then told his “documents” are ready, and
a gendarme enters, saying[7] it is time to start[8]. The exile jumps
into the jolting post-waggon, two gendarmes jump _in_ after him, the
bell above[9] the horse’s neck begins to ring—and rings _on_ for[10]
days and weeks—through wood[11], _and_ swamp, and plain, along[12]
roads inconceivably drear and lonely, until the[13] weary convoy at
length arrives at his destination. The little town is desolate and
black[14], and consists of log-huts, two unpaved streets, and a wooden
church painted green, and the[15] live-stock consists of ten or twelve
raw-boned[16] horses, a small herd of sickly[17] cows, and thirty or
forty reindeer. The population rarely (S. 102, N. 30) exceeds _one_
(S. 132, N. 10) thousand[18], and consists of the Ispravnik[19], ten
subaltern[20] officers, the Arbiter[21] of the Peace, the[22] Crown
Forester, a priest, a few shopkeepers, thirty or forty exiles, a[23]
chain-gang of Russian felons, and a crowd[24] of Finnish beggars. On
his arrival, the prisoner is driven straight to (S. 72, N. 4) the
police-ward, where he is inspected[25] by (S. 106, N. 23) the Ispravnik,
a (S. 53, N. 9) police officer, who is absolute lord and master of the
district. This representative of the Government requires[26] of him
to answer the following questions: His[27] name? How old? Married or
single? Where from? The address of[28] parents, relations, or friends?
Answers[29] to all of which are entered in the books.
[1] +Aufenthaltsort+, m.; a — spent = spends (+verbringen+) the prisoner
eight or ten days.
[2] = whereupon.
[3] to mark out, +bezeichnen+; for this = to this (Dat.); personage =
character; some final = his definite (+definitiv+). The Dat. should be
placed immediately after ‘+Arkangel+’.
[4] = a.
[5] +Kreisstadt+, f.; such as = as for example.
[6] Construe this passage accord. to the following model: I am told the
documents are destroyed, +Es+ (S. 104, N. 19) +wird mir mitgeteilt, daß
die Papiere vernichtet sind+.
[7] +mit dem Bemerken, daß+, etc.
[8] ‘to start,’ of a conveyance, a train, etc., is generally rendered by
+ab´fahren+.
[9] = at, +an+.
[10] for years, +jahrelang+.
[11] Use the pl. for this and the two following nouns.
[12] +auf+. Read S. 128, N. 11.
[13] the — convoy = the exhausted travellers.
[14] black = gloomy.
[15] +Viehstand+, m.
[16] +abgemagert.+
[17] +siech.+
[18] Supply ‘souls’.
[19] This term may be used in its unaltered form, but is perhaps better
rendered by ‘+Polizeipräsident+’, m.
[20] +Unterbeamte+, m.
[21] +Friedensrichter.+
[22] Nom. +der kaiserliche Forstbeamte+.
[23] +einem Haufen russischer Verbrecher in Ketten.+
[24] = number.
[25] = examined; who — district = with absolute (+unumschränkt+) power
(+Vollmacht+, f.) over the whole district.
[26] +begehren+; to answer = the answer, +die Beantwortung+, followed by
the Gen., but without art.
[27] = your.
[28] Say ‘of your parents’.
[29] Say ‘and the answers to (+auf+, with Acc.) these questions are all
entered (+ein´tragen+) in the books’.
_Section 167._
RUSSIAN POLITICAL PRISONERS IN BANISHMENT.
III.
A[1] solemn promise is then exacted of him that he will not give lessons
of[2] any kind, or[3] try to teach[4] anyone; that every letter (S. 48,
N. 6) he writes will go through the Ispravnik’s hands, and[5] that he
will follow no occupation except shoemaking, carpentering, or field
labour. He is then[6] told he (App. § 28) is free, but[7] at the same
time is solemnly warned that[8] should he attempt to pass the limits of
the town, he would be shot down like a dog rather than be allowed to
escape; and[9], should he be taken alive, would be sent off to Eastern
Siberia without further formality than that of the Ispravnik’s personal
order.
The poor fellow takes up his little bundle, and[10], fully realising that
he has now bidden[11] farewell to the culture and material[12] comfort of
his past[13] life, he walks[14] out into the cheerless street. A group
of exiles, all pale and emaciated, are (S. 107, N. 13) there[15] to (S.
19, N. 7) greet him, take[16] him to _some of_ their miserable lodgings,
and feverishly demand[17] news from home. The new comer gazes on them as
_one_ in a dream; some are melancholy, and almost mad, others nervously
irritable, and the remainder have evidently tried to find solace in[18]
drink. They live (S. 116, N. 17) in[19] communities of twos and threes,
have food, a scanty provision of clothes, money[20], and books in
common, and consider[21] it their sacred duty to help each other in
every emergency, without[22] distinction of (S. 3, N. 2, and S. 10, N.
9) sex, rank, or age. The noble by[23] birth get sixteen shillings[24] a
month from Government for their maintenance, and[25] commoners only ten,
although many of them are married, and[26] sent into exile with young
families[27].
[1] Say ‘Hereupon one demands (+verlangen+) of him the solemn promise’.
[2] not of any kind, +keinerlei+, adj. (indeclinable).
[3] or try = and not try. The auxiliary verb of mood ‘_+will+_’ need be
expressed but once, and stands, of course?
[4] +unterrichten+, insep. comp. w. v. tr.
[5] Say ‘and that he besides (+außer+) shoemaking (+Schuhmacherei+, f.,
with def. art.), carpentering and field-labour, will carry on (+treiben+)
no (+keinerlei+) occupation’.
[6] ‘then’, here +Endlich+, with which begin the clause, and construe
accord. to S. 4, N. 4 (+man+).
[7] but — warned, +aber zugleich kündigt man ihm an+.
[8] that — escape. This passage requires an altogether different
construction in German; say ‘they (+man+) would upon (+bei+) an attempt,
to go beyond (+überschreiten+, insep. comp. str. v. tr.) the limits
of the town, not allow him to escape, but rather (+vielmehr+) shoot
him down like a dog’ (liter.—but him rather like a dog shoot down,
+nie´derschießen+)’.
[9] Say ‘should he however be caught (+ein´fangen+) alive, (+so+) they
(+man+) would send him without further formality (+Formalität+, f.), upon
the simple order of the Ispravnik to the East of Siberia’.
[10] and — realising = and well knowing (pres. p.).
[11] to bid farewell, +Lebewohl sagen+.
[12] +materielle Bequemlichkeiten+ (Nom. pl.), which use with the def.
art. in the Dat. pl.
[13] = former.
[14] to walk out into the street, +in die Straße hinaus´schreiten+.
[15] = outside.
[16] Supply the pron. ‘these’ before the verb take (+führen+, i.e. lead);
to = into.
[17] to demand news from home, +einen nach Nachrichten aus der Heimat
fragen+.
[18] in drink, +im Trunke+.
[19] in — threes, +je zwei oder drei zusammen+.
[20] Supply ‘as also’ before ‘money’; in common, +gemeinschaftlich+.
[21] My parents consider it their duty to help their neighbours in every
emergency, +meine Eltern halten es für ihre Pflicht, ihren Nachbarn in
jeder Not und Gefahr beizustehen+.
[22] Insert ‘+und zwar+’ before ‘without’, which will improve the
rendering very much.
[23] +von+.
[24] 1 sh. = 1 +Mark+; a month, +monatlich, jeden Monat+, or +alle
Monate+.
[25] +doch die Bürgerlichen+; repeat ‘+Mark+’ after ‘+ten+’.
[26] and sent = and are being sent (see S. 2, N. 1).
[27] = children.
_Section 168._
RUSSIAN POLITICAL PRISONERS IN BANISHMENT.
IV.
Daily a gendarme visits[1] their lodgings, inspects[2] the premises when
and how he pleases[3], and now[4] and then makes some mysterious entry
in his note book. Should[5] any of their number carry a warm dinner, a
pair of newly-mended boots, or a change of linen to some passing exile
lodged for the moment in the police-ward, it is just as likely as not
marked against him as a crime. It is a crime to[6] come and see a friend
off, or accompany[7] him a little on the way. In[8] fact, should the
Ispravnik feel[9] out of sorts—the effect of cards[10] and drink—he[11]
vents his bad temper on the exiles; and as[12] cards and drink are the
only amusements in these dreary regions, crimes[13] are often marked down
against the exiles in astonishing numbers, and[14] a report of them sent
to the Governor of the province.
Winter lasts eight months, a[15] period during which the surrounding[16]
country presents the appearance of a noiseless[17], lifeless, frozen
marsh. No roads, no communication with the outer world, no means
of[18] escape. In course of time almost every exile is attacked[19] by
nervous convulsions, soon[20] followed by prolonged apathy and complete
prostration. Some of them contrive[21] to forge passports, and by a
miracle, as[22] it were, make their escape; but the great majority of
these victims of the Third Section[23] either go mad, commit suicide, or
die of[24] delirium tremens.—JAMES ALLEN.
[1] visits = comes into.
[2] = who inspects (+untersu´chen+) the house.
[3] Do as you please, +thun Sie, wie es Ihnen beliebt+.
[4] now and then, +dann und wann+, or +von Zeit zu Zeit+, after which
insert the adverbs +auch wohl+; some = a; to make an entry in a book,
+eine Bemerkung in ein Buch eintragen+.
[5] Arrange this period in the following manner: ‘Should one of them to a
for the moment in the police-ward lodged (+untergebracht+) _and_ passing
(+durchreisend+) exile ever (+je+) a warm dinner, a pair _of_ newly-soled
boots, or some clean linen (+Wäsche+, f.) bring, then (+so+) is (Passive)
to him this very (S. 161, N. 2) likely as a crime ascribed (+zur Last
geschrieben+)’.
[6] He came and saw his friend off, +er sagte seinem abreisenden Freunde
Lebewohl+.
[7] Will you accompany me a little on my way? +Wollen Sie mich auf meinem
Wege eine kleine Strecke begleiten?+
[8] = In short, +Kurz+.
[9] to feel out of sorts, +übler Laune sein+. Insert the adv. +einmal+
after the subject.
[10] = card-playing; see S. 3, N. 2, and S. 10, N. 9.
[11] he — exiles, +so müssen ihm die Verbannten dafür büßen+.
[12] The adverbial circumstance of place ‘in — regions’ is best placed
immediately after the conj.
[13] crimes — numbers = an astonishing number of crimes is often ascribed
to the exiles. Read App. § 5.
[14] and — sent to = and reported (+melden+) to.
[15] a — which = during which time.
[16] = whole.
[17] See S. 71, N. 2, which rule applies likewise to adjectives;
‘frozen’, here +zu Eis erstarrt+.
[18] +zu+, contracted with the art.
[19] ‘to be attacked’, here +heimgesucht werden+.
[20] = upon which soon follows a state (+Zustand+, m.) of prolonged
(+dauernd+) apathy (+Stumpfsinn+, m.) and complete (+gänzlich+)
prostration (+Hinfälligkeit der Lebenskräfte+).
[21] He contrived to forge a passport, +es gelang ihm, einen falschen Paß
herzustellen+.
[22] as it were, +gleichsam+, which place after ‘and’; by = through,
+durch+; to make one’s escape, +entkommen+, insep. comp. str. v. intr.
[23] +‘Die dritte Abteilung’ nennt man in Rußland das gefürchtete
Departement des Polizeiministeriums, welches mit der geheimen Polizei
betraut ist.+
[24] +an+, contracted with the Dat. of the def. art.
_Section 169._
Tahiti[1].
I.
At[2] daylight Tahiti, an island which must for ever remain[3] classical
to the voyager in the South Sea, was in view. At a distance the
appearance[4] was not attractive. The[5] luxuriant vegetation of the
lower[6] part could not yet be seen; and as the clouds rolled[7] past,
only the wildest[8] and most precipitous peaks showed themselves[9]
towards[10] the centre of the island. As soon as we anchored in[11]
Matavai Bay we[12] were surrounded by canoes. After dinner we landed and
enjoyed the delights[13] always[14] produced by the first impressions
of a fine country. A crowd _of_ men, women, and children was collected
on the shore, _ready_ to (S. 19, N. 7) receive us with laughing, merry
faces. They[15] marshalled us towards the house of (S. 10, N. 2) Mr.
Wilson, the[16] missionary of the district, who met[17] us on the road,
and gave[18] us a very fine reception. After sitting[19] a short time in
his house, we separated from our host to[20] walk about, and[21] returned
in the evening.
The[22] land capable of cultivation is[23] scarcely in any part more than
a fringe of low alluvial soil, accumulated round[24] the base of the
mountains, and[25] protected from the waves of the sea by a coral reef,
which encircles the entire line of coast. Within the reef there[26] is
an expanse of smooth water, like that of a lake, where[27] the canoes
of the natives can ply with safety, and where[28] ships anchor. The low
land, which[29] comes down to the beach of coral sand, is covered[30] by
the most beautiful productions of[31] the intertropical regions. In the
midst of bananas[32], orange, cocoa-nut, and bread-fruit trees, spots[33]
are cleared where yams[34], potatoes, the sugar-cane, and pine-apples are
cultivated[35].
[1] +~Tahiti~ ist die größte der Gesellschaftsinseln+ (Society Islands)
+im stillen Meere oder der Südsee+ (Pacific Ocean) +und besitzt ungefähr
9200 Einwohner, welche seit 1813 durch englische Missionäre zum
Christentum bekehrt sind. Die Bibel ist in die Sprache der Eingebornen
übersetzt, und auch in den Kirchen und Schulen wird in der Landessprache
gepredigt und gelehrt.+
[2] = At the break of day (+Beim Tagesanbruch+) we saw Tahiti.
[3] = appear, +erscheinen+. The words ‘to — Sea’ must be placed after the
rel. pron., and are followed by ‘for ever’ (+stets+).
[4] = view.
[5] Use the active Voice of the verb with ‘+man+’, which should commence
the clause.
[6] ‘lower’, here +niedriger belegen+.
[7] rolled past, +an uns vorüberzogen+.
[8] +wüst.+
[9] Supply ‘to us’ after ‘themselves’.
[10] = in the middle.
[11] +in der Bucht von Matavai.+
[12] = we found ourselves surrounded by (+von+) canoes (+Baumkahn+, m.).
[13] +Freuden.+
[14] Say ‘which the first sight of a fine country always produces
(+hervor´rufen+) within us’.
[15] = These conducted us.
[16] +des Bezirksmissionärs.+
[17] He will meet me on the road, +er wird mir halbwegs entge´genkommen+.
[18] to give a person a very fine reception, +einen höchst freundlich
bewillkommnen+.
[19] +verweilen+; construe this clause accord. to S. 55, N. 1.
[20] Inf. +einen Spaziergang machen+.
[21] = from which we returned in the evening (+abends+).
[22] +Der kulturfähige Teil der Insel.+
[23] is — soil = consists nearly everywhere only of (+aus+) a narrow
strip of low (+niedrig belegen+) alluvial land (use the Gen. without the
art.).
[24] round the base, +rings herum am Fuße+.
[25] Say ‘and is protected’; from, +vor+.
[26] there is = finds itself (+sich befinden+); an expanse of water,
+eine ausgedehnte Wasserfläche+; ‘smooth’, here +fast spiegelglatt+.
[27] The literal rendering of this passage would not read well, say
‘which (to agree with +Wasserfläche+) affords (App. § 5) perfect
(+völlig+) safety to the canoes of the natives’.
[28] = in which.
[29] = which reaches down (+hinun´terreichen+) to (+bis zu+) the beach
consisting of coral-sand.—Use the attributive const., S. 48, N. 6.
[30] ‘covered’, here +bewachsen+; by, +mit+.
[31] +der zwischen den Tropen belegenen Gegenden.+
[32] See S. 71, N. 2.
[33] to clear a spot (of trees, etc.), +eine Stelle urbar machen+.
[34] +Yamswurzeln.+
[35] +bauen.+
_Section 170._
TAHITI.
II.
Even the brush-wood is[1] an imported fruit-tree, _namely_ the guava[2],
which grows in abundance here. In Brazil I have often admired the
varied[3] beauty of the bananas (S. 71, N. 2), palms, and orange-trees
contrasted[4] together; and here we also have the bread-fruit[5],
conspicuous[6] from its large, glossy, _and_ deeply digitated leaves. It
is admirable[7] to behold groves of a tree, sending[8] forth its branches
with the vigour of an English oak, loaded[9] with large _and_ most
nutritious fruit[10].
However[11] seldom the usefulness of an object can account for the
pleasure of beholding it, in the case of these beautiful woods, the
knowledge of their high productiveness, no doubt, enters largely into
the feeling of admiration. The[12] little winding paths, cool from the
surrounding shade, led to the scattered[13] houses, the owners of which
everywhere gave[14] us a cheerful[15] _and_ most hospitable reception.
I[16] was pleased with nothing so much as with the inhabitants. There[17]
is a mildness in the expression of their countenances which at once
banishes the idea of[18] a savage, and an intelligence[19] which shows
that they are[20] advancing in civilisation. The common people, when
working, keep[21] the upper part of their bodies quite naked; and[22] it
is then that the Tahitians are seen to advantage. They are very tall,
broad-shouldered, athletic, and well proportioned. It (S. 4, N. 4, +man+)
has been remarked that[23] it requires little habit to make a dark skin
more pleasing and natural to the eye of a European than his own colour.
[1] = consists of.
[2] +der Gujavabaum, dessen pomeranzenartige+ (orange-like) +Früchte in
Zucker eingemacht oder auch in Gelee verwandelt versandt werden.+
[3] +mannigfaltig+.
[4] Say ‘which form such a great contrast’.
[5] +Brotbaum+, m.
[6] conspicuous, +welcher ... sogleich auffällt+, i.e. strikes the eye;
from, +durch+; its deeply digitated leaves, +seine tief eingeschnittenen,
fingerförmigen Blätter+.
[7] = splendid; groves of a tree = a forest of trees.
[8] = spreading out their, etc.
[9] = and are at the same time (+dabei+) loaded.
[10] Use this noun in the pl.
[11] Arrange this period thus: ‘Although the usefulness of an object
perhaps only seldom explains to us the pleasure, which we experience at
the sight of the same, yet (+so ... doch+) our admiration at the sight of
these splendid groves (+Wälder+) is no doubt considerably influenced by
(= through) our knowledge of (+von+) their great fertility.
[12] The — shade = The narrow, winding (+sich schlängelnd+), shady _and_
cool foot-paths.
[13] +zerstreut liegend.+
[14] +gewähren.+
[15] +freundlich+, but here +wohlwollend+, in order to avoid a repetition
of the same term, since ‘hospitable’ must be turned by +gastfreundlich+;
reception, +Aufnahme+, f.
[16] Say ‘Nothing gave (+machen+) me greater joy than just (+gerade+) the
inhabitants’.
[17] Say ‘The expression of their faces (+Ihr Gesichtsausdruck+) bears a
mildness (+Sanftmut+, f.), which’, etc.
[18] = of savages.
[19] +Intelligenz+, f.
[20] are advancing = make progress.
[21] = they have. It is a matter of course that the conj. ‘when’ must
commence the period.
[22] = and just then one sees the Tahitians (+die Tahitianer+) to
advantage (= in the best light).
[23] = that after _a_ short time a dark skin appears to the eye of a
European more pleasing and more natural than his own.
_Section 171._
TAHITI.
III.
A white man bathing (S. 16, N. 4) by the side of a Tahitian was[1] like
a plant bleached (S. 7, N. 3, attrib.) by the gardener’s art compared[2]
with a fine dark-green _one_ growing vigorously[3] in the field. Most
of the men are tatooed, and the ornaments follow the curvature[4] of
the body so[5] gracefully, that they[6] have a very elegant effect. The
most common pattern, varying[7] in its details, is _somewhat_ like[16]
the crown of a palm-tree. It springs[8] from the central line of the
back, and gracefully curls[9] round both sides. The simile may[10] be a
fanciful one, but I[11] thought the body of a man thus ornamented[12] was
(App. §§ 29 and 30) like[13] the trunk of a noble tree embraced[14] by a
delicate creeper.
Many of the elder people[15] had their feet covered with small figures,
so[16] placed as to resemble a sock. This fashion, however, is partly
gone[17] by, and has been succeeded[18] by others. Here[19], although
fashion is far from immutable, every one must abide[20] by that
prevailing at his youth. An old man has thus[21] his age for ever stamped
on his body, and _he_ cannot assume[22] the airs of a young dandy. The
women are tatooed in the same manner as the men, and[23] very commonly on
their fingers.
In[24] returning to the boat, we witnessed[25] a very pretty scene.
Numbers[26] of children were playing on the beach, and had lighted
bonfires, which illuminated the placid sea and[27] surrounding trees;
others, in[28] circles, were singing Tahitian verses. We seated ourselves
on the sand, and[29] joined their party. The songs were impromptu[30],
and[31] I believe related to our arrival. One little girl sang a
line[32], which[33] the rest took up in parts, forming[34] a very pretty
chorus. The whole scene made[35] us unequivocally aware that[36] we were
seated on the shore of an island in the far-famed[37] South Sea.—CHARLES
DARWIN.
[1] = appeared.
[2] = in (contracted with the Dat. of the def. art.) comparison.
[3] = in full vigour (+Kraft+, f.).
[4] +Kurvatur+, f.
[5] +auf eine so anmutige Weise.+
[6] they have a = they are of.
[7] varying — details = the single parts of which often differ
(+ab´weichen+) from each other.
[8] springs from, +geht ... aus+; from — back, +vom Rückgrat+ (spine).
[9] to curl round, +sich um ... herum´winden+.
[10] may — one = is perhaps fanciful (+phantastisch+).
[11] +ich dachte bei mir selbst.+
[12] Use the attribut. const.
[13] +wie.+
[14] = which is embraced (+umschlin´gen+, insep. comp. str. v.) by (S.
106, N. 23) a delicate (+zart+) creeper (+Schlingpflanze+, f.).
[15] = men.