Note 13 — Section 171. TAHITI. III.
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[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.
[16] = which were so arranged that they resembled (gleichen, to be like, str. v. governing the Dat.) a sock.
[17] = antiquated, veraltet.
[18] verdrängt, i.e. displaced.
[19] Say ‘Although fashion here is far from (weit davon entfernt) being (S. 1, N. 3) immutable.
[20] to abide by a thing, bei etwas verbleiben. Use the attributive constr. in this clause.
[21] Auf diese Weise, which place at the head of the period. ‘Old’, here bejahrt; ‘to stamp’, here aus´prägen.
[22] to assume the airs of a dandy, den Stutzer spielen. Render ‘not’ by ‘not possibly’, unmöglich.
[23] = but generally also.
[24] = When we returned to the vessel.
[25] Yesterday I witnessed a very pretty scene, gestern bot sich mir ein sehr hübsches Schauspiel dar.
[26] = Numerous children.
[27] und die in der Nähe stehenden Bäume.
[28] = who formed a circle (Kreis, m.), sang verses in their mother-tongue (i.e. native language).
[29] = and joined them (sich an´schließen, sep. comp. str. v. refl., governing the Dat.).
[30] aus dem Stegreif.
[31] = and related (sich beziehen, insep. comp. irreg. v. refl.), I believe (inverted), to (auf) our arrival.
[32] the ‘line’ of a verse is generally rendered by ‘Strophe’, f.
[33] which — parts, welche von den übrigen mehrstimmig aufgenommen wurde.
[34] = and formed.
[35] made — aware, legte unzweifelhaftes Zeugnis davon ab.
[36] = that we found ourselves.
[37] here vielbesungen, adj.