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The group of passengers dispersed, some to the saloons, others to their cabins The atmosphere was grey, and birds flew screeching through the damp mists At six oclock next morning, after passing a sleepless night The Great Eastern was announced to sail on the 20th of March The spectators hurried towards the unfortunate men, the wounded were taken This day the chief engineer tried the boilers Going down into the saloon, I saw a lecture announced One ring signifies ship a-head; two, ship-starboard; three From this it may be seen that the game is very simple; it is not a race-course There alone, and leaning over the taffrail, we surveyed the great expanse At last I reached the stern of the steam-ship, and the place I had already During Monday night the sea was very stormy A profound silence reigned among the congregation; the officers occupied After having passed the great hatchway of the engine-rooms After twenty passages from England to America, one of which was marked First of all the anchor had to be raised The officer on watch had ordered the sails to be taken in But in this respect the steward knew no more than I did, and he left me His sermon was already prepared, the occasion was good, and he intended At the same time we had reason to hope that these two poor creatures would Her movable engine was first hoisted on board by means of windlasses One of the surgeons on board embarked to go with them to Liverpool But my imagination carried me no farther; all these things I did indeed After the long separation which had estranged us from each other He was more master of his ship and more certain of guiding her skilfully At this moment numerous groups appeared at the doors of the cabins It was a three-mast ship of about five or six hundred tons When the first attempt to lay the Atlantic cable had failed When I went on deck, about seven oclock in the morning, the wind had freshened The slate-coloured sea broke in great foamless billows He was a thin, nervous little man, with quick, restless eyes: a physiognomist She alone could store on board the 2100 miles of metallic wire weighing I then made up my mind to visit all the ins and outs of this immense ant-hill The engine-rooms were full of steam; leaning over the hatchway Here opened the pit containing the machinery of the paddle-wheels The result of this pool was not to be known for four days; it was what