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With what force must these wooden paddles strike the waves which are now At half-past ten the Captain rose, and the service began; he read a chapter I walked on, following the upper decks towards the stern The slate-coloured sea broke in great foamless billows First of all the anchor had to be raised After the long separation which had estranged us from each other Only at night, perhaps eluding her gaoler, she came out to bathe herself From this it may be seen that the game is very simple; it is not a race-course This tall fellow was the exact type of an English officer; his figure was Before lunch several of the passengers organized a pool, which could not About fifty workmen were scattered on the metallic skylights This day the chief engineer tried the boilers Before entering upon the last undertaking, the Board of Trade required The result of this pool was not to be known for four days; it was what After having cast a rapid glance over these fitting works I thought myself very fortunate that the screw was allowed to continue Below us, at a distance of forty feet, the screw was beating the water The Captains eyes glowed with a dark fire at the thought of this wretch The fact is, these divisions are reckoned from noon to noon The arrangements with regard to the interior are admirable So that, although the pressure of the boilers had risen, the ships speed Thanks to this natural condition, the streams of the Thames and the Mersey I was willing to content myself with this reason, and in the meantime observed The Great Eastern turned in time to avoid her, thanks to the promptitude I went on board and found it already crowded with workmen and mechanics But my imagination carried me no farther; all these things I did indeed However, the steamer had not yet sunk to the load water-line This costly operation accomplished, a long crack in her exterior plates Immediately the valves open, the steam from the boilers rushes along the From the deck rise six masts and five chimneys The crew had undoubtedly had time to leave her, but could they have reached I left my cabin, and helping myself with hands and feet through the billows These delays considerably affected the enterprize of the freighters I should not have been surprised to see the stokers working in black clothes; At the bows was an engine of sixty-six horse-power Here opened the pit containing the machinery of the paddle-wheels The hull of the Great Eastern is proof against the most formidable seas; Meanwhile the tender approached the Great Eastern, whose chains were violently These unhappy men, killed and wounded, were only tools, which could be At last I reached the stern of the steam-ship, and the place I had already The first officer, well wrapped in his macintosh, and perched on the bridge I pictured to myself this enormous bulk borne on the waves The lines of the Great Eastern are very elongated; her straight stem is At Princes Landing-Stage, a small tug in the service of the Great Eastern