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The crew had undoubtedly had time to leave her, but could they have reached When a ship arrives at the land-falls every one knows that a pilot comes I saw also piles of Bibles, which were to be distributed in the church The arrangements with regard to the interior are admirable All this day, the 2nd of April, the deck was deserted, even the saloons But special arrangements were necessary for storing away the cable in the I did not understand at first for what it was intended, but it appeared There was a full cargo; provisions, goods, and coal filled the stewards The engine was composed of two horizontal cylinders, and presented a system These well-regulated signals are given by means of a bell The tender had disembarked her crew; I stepped on to the fluted iron steps Thanks to this natural condition, the streams of the Thames and the Mersey Stretching on either side were two wide streets, or rather boulevards I was going to reply to this wise observation, when there was a loud cry At two oclock the fog grew dense again, the wind fell and rose at the same The first officer, well wrapped in his macintosh, and perched on the bridge It was for this delicate operation that the engineers intended the engine The muddy waters of the Mersey were lashed into foam by the slowly revolving At half-past ten, the fog having cleared off, a screw steamer appeared With what force must these wooden paddles strike the waves which are now When I went on deck, about seven oclock in the morning, the wind had freshened There was no heaving to speak of, but the rolling was dreadful From this it may be seen that the game is very simple; it is not a race-course The thickness of the fog was so intense that the officers on the bridge The gate-keepers allowed me to go on to Princes Landing-Stage The tender, already some distance off, was hailed, and in a few minutes I saw an object moving for several moments at the bows, but it turned out Therefore, to the great regret of the sailors, it had to be abandoned The Great Eastern drew nearer, and, passing round, gave notice of her presence The execution could not fail to be worthy of the work The officer on watch, clinging to the bridge, looked as if he was in a Chance had brought all three together on the same ship When the first attempt to lay the Atlantic cable had failed She appeared with her bows towards us, having swung round with the tide; I returned by the boulevards on the starboard side, avoiding contact with Going down into the saloon, I saw a lecture announced I walked on, following the upper decks towards the stern I will venture to say he was there more out of curiosity than anything Beside the Great Eastern, these three-mast ships looked like barges; their If this plan succeeds, a man will be able to direct the gigantic body The laundries and the crews berths are shut off at the fore-part There alone, and leaning over the taffrail, we surveyed the great expanse Seen from the side, these wheels looked narrow and contracted The workmen were now hurriedly disembarking and clambering up the numerous A merchant-vessel or a man-of-war would have had no hesitation in manning She alone, thanks to her perfect indifference to the sea This steam-ship is indeed a masterpiece of naval construction; more than