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The three masts in front are the fore-gigger and the foremast (both of Therefore, to the great regret of the sailors, it had to be abandoned At Princes Landing-Stage, a small tug in the service of the Great Eastern The arrangements with regard to the interior are admirable The tender, already some distance off, was hailed, and in a few minutes I could hardly see the tops of the masts, two hundred feet in height About nine oclock the bearings of the Great Eastern were west-north-west When a ship arrives at the land-falls every one knows that a pilot comes Beside the Great Eastern, these three-mast ships looked like barges; their The steamers course had been slightly altered in the night So that, although the pressure of the boilers had risen, the ships speed I pictured to myself this enormous bulk borne on the waves The tender had disembarked her crew; I stepped on to the fluted iron steps The Great Eastern struck amidships, and, supported by no sail, rolled frightfully Whist was impossible, for the tables glided from under the players hands It was a Canadian, the Honourable MacAlpine, who undertook the management She alone, thanks to her perfect indifference to the sea This steam-ship is indeed a masterpiece of naval construction; more than I thought I recognized in him a friend whom I had not seen for several The atmosphere was grey, and birds flew screeching through the damp mists The last three astern are the after-main-mast, mizen-mast The Captain and the first officer set the example, and with new gloves The next day I went down towards the basins which form a double line of