JULES VERNE THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND CHAPTER 54 Đây là một tác phẩm anh ngữ nổi tiếng với những từ vựng nâng cao chuyên ngành văn chương. Nhằm giúp các bạn yêu thich tiếng anh luyện tập và củng cố thêm kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh . | JULES VERNE THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND CHAPTER 54 The next day the 18th of February was devoted to the exploration of all that wooded region forming the shore from Reptile End to Falls River. The colonists were able to search this forest thoroughly for as it was comprised between the two shores of the Serpentine Peninsula it was only from three to four miles in breadth. The trees both by their height and their thick foliage bore witness to the vegetative power of the soil more astonishing here than in any other part of the island. One might have said that a corner from the virgin forests of America or Africa had been transported into this temperate zone. This led them to conclude that the superb vegetation found a heat in this soil damp in its upper layer but warmed in the interior by volcanic fires which could not belong to a temperate climate. The most frequently occurring trees were knaries and eucalypti of gigantic dimensions. But the colonists object was not simply to admire the magnificent vegetation. They knew already that in this respect Lincoln Island would have been worthy to take the first rank in the Canary group to which the first name given was that of the Happy Isles. Now alas their island no longer belonged to them entirely others had taken possession of it miscreants polluted its shores and they must be destroyed to the last man. No traces were found on the western coast although they were carefully sought for. No more footprints no more broken branches no more deserted camps. This does not surprise me said Cyrus Harding to his companions. The convicts first landed on the island in the neighborhood of Flotsam Point and they immediately plunged into the Far West forests after crossing Tadorn Marsh. They then followed almost the same route that we took on leaving Granite House. This explains the traces we found in the wood. But arriving on the shore the convicts saw at once that they would discover no suitable retreat there and it was then that going .
