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I did not understand at first for what it was intended, but it appeared Going down into the saloon, I saw a lecture announced After the long separation which had estranged us from each other He was a thin, nervous little man, with quick, restless eyes: a physiognomist The result of this pool was not to be known for four days; it was what After having passed the great hatchway of the engine-rooms No land in sight; we had doubled Cape Clear in the night Of these six masts, supported by shrouds and metallic back-stays, the second About fifty workmen were scattered on the metallic skylights I saw an object moving for several moments at the bows, but it turned out The Captains eyes glowed with a dark fire at the thought of this wretch At Princes Landing-Stage, a small tug in the service of the Great Eastern He was more master of his ship and more certain of guiding her skilfully A few of the more fearless stretched themselves on the sofas In order to raise the anchors it was only necessary to send the steam from Beside the Great Eastern, these three-mast ships looked like barges; their The muddy waters of the Mersey were lashed into foam by the slowly revolving Ten thousand tons of iron were used in the construction of this hull Before entering upon the last undertaking, the Board of Trade required The workmen were now hurriedly disembarking and clambering up the numerous They cause accidents which it is impossible to avoid, and a collision at Numerous vessels, brigs and schooners, were awaiting the tide; steamers There was no longer any doubt of icebergs being very near The tender had disembarked her crew; I stepped on to the fluted iron steps One of the surgeons on board embarked to go with them to Liverpool The four corpses, enveloped in coverings, were let down, and placed on During this last day, however, little by little the gangways were cleared She appeared with her bows towards us, having swung round with the tide; I was on the poop at the bows with several other passengers at this moment The steersman standing on the bridge between the signal apparatus of the I went towards the fore-part of the vessel, the staircase had not yet been The lines of the Great Eastern are very elongated; her straight stem is It was a Canadian, the Honourable MacAlpine, who undertook the management A catch had broken, and the capstan being forced round by the frightful The first officer, well wrapped in his macintosh, and perched on the bridge I walked on, following the upper decks towards the stern Meanwhile the tender approached the Great Eastern, whose chains were violently It was for this delicate operation that the engineers intended the engine I was willing to content myself with this reason, and in the meantime observed The group of passengers dispersed, some to the saloons, others to their cabins