JULES VERNE- THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND CHAPTER 50 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 50 So the convicts were still there watching the corral and determined to kill the settlers one after the other. There was nothing to be done but to treat them as wild beasts. But great precautions must be taken for just now the wretches had the advantage on their side seeing and not being seen being able to surprise by the suddenness of their attack yet not to be surprised themselves. Harding made arrangements therefore for living in the corral of which the provisions would last for a tolerable length of time. Ayrton s house had been provided with all that was necessary for existence and the convicts scared by the arrival of the settlers had not had time to pillage it. It was probable as Gideon Spilett observed that things had occurred as follows The six convicts disembarking on the island had followed the southern shore and after having traversed the double shore of the Serpentine Peninsula not being inclined to venture into the Far West woods they had reached the mouth of Falls River. From this point by following the right bank of the watercourse they would arrive at the spurs of Mount Franklin among which they would naturally seek a retreat and they could not have been long in discovering the corral then uninhabited. There they had regularly installed themselves awaiting the moment to put their abominable schemes into execution. Ayrton s arrival had surprised them but they had managed to overpower the unfortunate man and--the rest may be easily imagined Now the convicts --reduced to five it is true but well armed --were roaming the woods and to venture there was to expose themselves to their attacks which could be neither guarded against nor prevented. Wait There is nothing else to be done repeated Cyrus Harding. When Herbert is cured we can organize a general battle of the island and have satisfaction of these convicts. That will be the object of our grand expedition at the same time-- As the search for our mysterious
