The crew were waiting impatiently for orders from their leader. The latter, after carefully observing the animal, called for his engineer. The engineer raced over. "Sir," the commander said, "are you up to pressure?"
De equipage wachtte ongeduldig de bevelen van den kapitein af; toen deze het dier nauwkeurig bekeken had, liet hij den machinist roepen; deze kwam: "Mijnheer," vroeg de kapitein, "hebt gij stoom genoeg!"