He was a clever man and had designed the Sligo quays, but was now going mad and inventing a vessel of war that could not be sunk, his pamphlet explained, because of a hull of solid wood.

• 他很聪明，曾经是斯莱戈码头的设计师，如今却变得疯疯癫癫，在设计一艘“永不沉没”的战舰。他在设计手册上解释道，由坚固木料组成的船体是船不会下沉的原因。