Occasionally the marks were hidden under tufts of myrtle, which spread into large bushes laden with blossoms, or beneath parasitical lichen .

• 这些记号相当有规律，大概是故意留下来的，有几处已被覆盖化一丛丛鲜花盛开着的香桃木底下，或寄生的地衣底下。