Пятнадцатилетний капитан

On the Way

           Hewasnotmistaken,andthoseherbaceousplantsgrewabundantlybelowthedampbanks.

           Then,themarshpassed,thicketsoftreesagaincoveredthenarrowroutesoftheforest.

           HarrismadeMrs.WeldonandDickSandremarksomeveryfineebony-trees,muchlargerthanthecommonebony-tree,whichfurnishawoodmuchblackerandmuchstrongerthanthatofcommerce.Thenthereweremango-trees,stillnumerous,thoughtheywereratherfarfromthesea.Akindoffurofwhitemossclimbedthemasfarasthebranches.Theirthickshadeandtheirdeliciousfruitmadethemprecioustrees,andmeanwhile,accordingtoHarris,notanativewoulddaretopropagatethespecies."Whoeverplantsamango-treedies!"Suchisthesuperstitiousmaximofthecountry.

           Duringthesecondhalfofthisfirstdayofthejourney,thelittletroop,afterthemiddayhalt,begantoascendlandslightlyinclined.Theywerenotasyettheslopesofthechainofthefirstplane,butasortofundulatingplateauwhichconnectedtheplainwiththemountain.

           Therethetrees,alittlelesscompact,sometimesclusteredingroups,wouldhaverenderedthemarcheasier,ifthesoilhadnotbeeninvadedbyherbaceousplants.OnemightbelievehimselfinthejunglesofOrientalIndia.Vegetationappearedtobelessluxuriantthaninthelowervalleyofthelittleriver,butitwasstillsuperiortothatofthetemperateregionsoftheOldoroftheNewWorld.

           Indigowasgrowingthereinprofusion,and,accordingtoHarris,thisleguminousplantpassedwithreasonforthemostusurpingplantofthecountry.

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