分析 It was not inhabited , it lay far over toward the further shore , abreast a dense forest

Question

上文和完整的句子是
Three miles below St. Petersburg, at a point where the MississippiRiver was a trifle over a mile wide, there was a long, narrow, woodedisland, with a shallow bar at the head of it, and this offered well asa rendezvous. It was not inhabited; it lay far over toward the furthershore, abreast a dense and almost wholly unpeopled forest.

it lay far over toward the furthershore, abreast a dense and almost wholly unpeopled forest.
对这句的修饰很不理解 搞不清谁是修饰谁..
怎么翻译?

Answer 1

在圣彼得堡下游的三英里，密西西比河一英里宽的那个地方，是一段长长的，窄窄的，繁茂的小岛，矮灌木环绕着它，这提供了一个良好的聚集地。这一片区域无人居住，它与远处的海滨相隔甚远，与它毗邻的是一篇稠密的，几乎荒无人烟的森林。
老兄，woodedisland——wooded island，
furthershore——further shore，写的时候稍微注意一下行么。
好像没什么修饰额，都是顺着翻译的。