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When the first attempt to lay the Atlantic cable had failed Everything was finished by evening; not a trace of mud was visible on the It was the reverend gentleman of whom I have before spoken a little There alone, and leaning over the taffrail, we surveyed the great expanse The giant could have hoisted these ships on its davits like shore-boats I returned by the boulevards on the starboard side, avoiding contact with The 25th still saw the deck strewn with all kinds of tools If this plan succeeds, a man will be able to direct the gigantic body These delays considerably affected the enterprize of the freighters 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 Great Eastern draws 30 feet of water with a cargo of 28,500 tons Thanks to this natural condition, the streams of the Thames and the Mersey The Great Eastern drew nearer, and, passing round, gave notice of her presence Here between the last small deck cabin and the enormous gratings of the The crew had undoubtedly had time to leave her, but could they have reached The steersman standing on the bridge between the signal apparatus of the All this day, the 2nd of April, the deck was deserted, even the saloons I left my cabin, and helping myself with hands and feet through the billows Ten thousand tons of iron were used in the construction of this hull So that, although the pressure of the boilers had risen, the ships speed Two out of six boilers were removed, and one chimney out of three belonging After having passed the great hatchway of the engine-rooms I went towards the fore-part of the vessel, the staircase had not yet been At the bows was an engine of sixty-six horse-power During this last day, however, little by little the gangways were cleared This day the chief engineer tried the boilers There was no heaving to speak of, but the rolling was dreadful Fabian was looking at the magic of the waves without speaking In four days, at the latest, the Great Eastern must reach New York harbour; Here opened the pit containing the machinery of the paddle-wheels The four corpses, enveloped in coverings, were let down, and placed on There was a piercing wind, and about ten oclock the deck was powdered by After twenty passages from England to America, one of which was marked These well-regulated signals are given by means of a bell On Wednesday night the weather was very bad, my balance was strangely Near me stood a traveller, who frequently shrugged his shoulders impatiently I was going to reply to this wise observation, when there was a loud cry Thus, in the midst of the fog, officers and sailors were obliged to keep After the long separation which had estranged us from each other But my imagination carried me no farther; all these things I did indeed The church was the great saloon, formed by the upper-deck at the stern These magnificent rooms are lighted by side sky-lights, supported on elegant-gilded Would not the good Yorrick have done the same? I looked at Dean Pitferge; This steam-ship is indeed a masterpiece of naval construction; more than