I left the Navy yard early Sunday morning ... having on board competent assistant aeronauts, together with my new gas generating apparatus, which, though used for the first time, worked admirably.
私は海軍基地を日曜日朝早くに出発し、...有能な気球操縦助手がおり、新しいガス発生器は初めて使ってみたが立派に作動した。