Section 31. Formation of A Coral-Island. II

The⁠ new bank is not long in being visited by sea-birds. Salt-plants⁠ take root upon it (S. 4, N. 5, B), and⁠ a soil is being formed. A cocoa-nut, or the⁠ drupe of a pandanus is thrown on⁠ shore. Land-birds visit it⁠ and deposit the seeds of shrubs and trees. Every high tide, and still more⁠ every gale, adds something to the bank. The⁠ form of an island is gradually assumed, and last of all⁠ comes man (S. 3, N. 2) to (S. 19, N. 7) take possession.—M. Flinders.

The new coral-reef is (S. 2, N. 1) now soon visited by (von) sea-birds.

Sea-plants; to take = to strike.

und so bildet sich eine Erdschicht.

die Frucht einer Panane. Die Panane (Pandanus) ist eine Art Palme und wird auch Pandang (m.) oder Palmnußbaum genannt.

an, contracted with the def. art.

it = the same, to agree with its antecedent ‘shore’; to deposit, zurück´lassen; seeds, Same, m., used in the sing.

still more = especially; adds — bank, trägt etwas zur Vergrößerung des Riffs bei.

The latter (dieses) gradually assumes (an´nehmen) the form of an island. The adv. ‘gradually’ may be made emphatic; see App. § 14.

zuletzt; ‘to — possession’ = to take possession of the same.