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The hills were bare except along the river bed, where runty little leafless psilophyton grew in the shade of primitive lycopods.
Las colinas estaban desnudas excepto a lo largo del cauce del río, donde unas psilofitas enanas crecían a la sombra de unos licopodios primitivos.
As a physician, Stephen could not but applaud this weaning from noxious substances: as a member of the ship's company, he felt the gloom that weighed upon those to whom drink and tobacco were among the few positive pleasures in life, and he spent even more of his time upon the island; the hepaticas and lycopods were coming into their own, and he was deep in the various lichens.
Como médico, Stephen se alegraba de que los marineros consumieran menos sustancias nocivas, pero como miembro de la tripulación, notaba la tristeza que les embargaba, ya que para ellos beber y fumar estaban entre los pocos placeres de la vida. Por esa razón, pasaba aún más tiempo en la isla, recogiendo hepáticas y licopodios y muy diversos líquenes.
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