The “-“ would go between the words “anemone” and “the”. We do this because without placing the dash there, it would become a run-on sentence!
Modern. Contemporary means living or occurring at the same time.
It is full of his peculiar verisimilitude and has all the interest of Anson's or Dampier's voyages, with a charm of style superior to even that of the latter.
That the people are stealing.