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Her steel hull was so heavy that the davits to which it was attached bent I saw also piles of Bibles, which were to be distributed in the church To weigh anchor under these circumstances required considerable exertion I pictured to myself this enormous bulk borne on the waves He easily collected ninety-six players, including several professed gamblers The engine-rooms were full of steam; leaning over the hatchway The tender had disembarked her crew; I stepped on to the fluted iron steps A French company, called the Great Eastern Company, Limited It was a Canadian, the Honourable MacAlpine, who undertook the management From the deck rise six masts and five chimneys The Great Eastern struck amidships, and, supported by no sail, rolled frightfully At half-past ten, the fog having cleared off, a screw steamer appeared I was willing to content myself with this reason, and in the meantime observed I walked on, following the upper decks towards the stern At the bows was an engine of sixty-six horse-power I was going to reply to this wise observation, when there was a loud cry About nine oclock the bearings of the Great Eastern were west-north-west In order to raise the anchors it was only necessary to send the steam from One might have thought oneself in the worst part of Upper Thames Street I was on the poop at the bows with several other passengers at this moment I, with head upturned, and my body thrown back, surveyed the wheels of From this it may be seen that the game is very simple; it is not a race-course With what force must these wooden paddles strike the waves which are now Stretching on either side were two wide streets, or rather boulevards Seen from the side, these wheels looked narrow and contracted However, the steamer had not yet sunk to the load water-line Meanwhile the tender approached the Great Eastern, whose chains were violently The sea was magnificent and resplendent beneath the first rays of a spring The steersman standing on the bridge between the signal apparatus of the It was for this delicate operation that the engineers intended the engine