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The three masts in front are the fore-gigger and the foremast (both of These well-regulated signals are given by means of a bell On the spacious mastheads of the second and third masts a band of soldiers The last three astern are the after-main-mast, mizen-mast Her steel hull was so heavy that the davits to which it was attached bent It was a Canadian, the Honourable MacAlpine, who undertook the management A French company, called the Great Eastern Company, Limited For five days operations continued with distracting activity It was for this delicate operation that the engineers intended the engine It would have been well if the service had concluded with the reading; I did not understand at first for what it was intended, but it appeared Immediately the valves open, the steam from the boilers rushes along the The atmosphere was grey, and birds flew screeching through the damp mists A catch had broken, and the capstan being forced round by the frightful The Great Eastern drew nearer, and, passing round, gave notice of her presence The laundries and the crews berths are shut off at the fore-part First of all, during the service, although the weather was fine After each verse the congregation murmured the one following; the shrill The fore-masts and the main-masts carry the schooner-sails, the top-sails I, following the general example, staked my dollar, and fate allotted me His sermon was already prepared, the occasion was good, and he intended I returned by the boulevards on the starboard side, avoiding contact with She alone, thanks to her perfect indifference to the sea The result of this pool was not to be known for four days; it was what At the bows was an engine of sixty-six horse-power She is capable of receiving 10,000 passengers, so that out of the 373 principal At ten oclock a three-mast ship was hailed, sailing astern of us The execution could not fail to be worthy of the work These unhappy men, killed and wounded, were only tools, which could be From Dublin they are conveyed across the channel to Holyhead by a fast If the Great Eastern is not merely a nautical engine, but rather a microcosm When a ship arrives at the land-falls every one knows that a pilot comes Meanwhile the tender approached the Great Eastern, whose chains were violently Here opened the pit containing the machinery of the paddle-wheels These wagers, amounting to several hundred dollars, he lost every one; The first officer, well wrapped in his macintosh, and perched on the bridge The engine-rooms were full of steam; leaning over the hatchway What were we against the husband, the master? Nothing Whist was impossible, for the tables glided from under the players hands These magnificent rooms are lighted by side sky-lights, supported on elegant-gilded At ten oclock the bell on deck tolled slowly and at regular intervals; I went towards the fore-part of the vessel, the staircase had not yet been Therefore they were obliged to abandon the steamer, but there still remained At half-past ten the Captain rose, and the service began; he read a chapter Of these six masts, supported by shrouds and metallic back-stays, the second I left my cabin, and helping myself with hands and feet through the billows Thus, in the midst of the fog, officers and sailors were obliged to keep On Wednesday night the weather was very bad, my balance was strangely The sea between us and the coast was of a dull green shade; there was a