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.
Entretanto, los malhechores, reducidos a cinco, pero bien armados, vagaban por los bosques y aventurarse contra ellos era exponerse a sus tiros, sin que fuera posible contestarlos ni evitarlos.