Not only that, but it flashed into my mind at the same moment that the round-shot and the powder for the gun had been left behind, and a stroke with an axe would put it all into the possession of the evil ones aboard.

• 不仅如此，我又突然想到，大炮用的火药和圆形炮弹都留在了船上，那帮坏蛋只要用斧子砸开木箱就能把它们搞到手。