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After having passed the great hatchway of the engine-rooms Stretching on either side were two wide streets, or rather boulevards At Princes Landing-Stage, a small tug in the service of the Great Eastern She appeared with her bows towards us, having swung round with the tide; At the bows was an engine of sixty-six horse-power All this day, the 2nd of April, the deck was deserted, even the saloons A profound silence reigned among the congregation; the officers occupied Here between the last small deck cabin and the enormous gratings of the The workmen were now hurriedly disembarking and clambering up the numerous I went on board and found it already crowded with workmen and mechanics Fabian was looking at the magic of the waves without speaking What were we against the husband, the master? Nothing I saw also piles of Bibles, which were to be distributed in the church The spectators hurried towards the unfortunate men, the wounded were taken Meanwhile the tender approached the Great Eastern, whose chains were violently One ring signifies ship a-head; two, ship-starboard; three It was the reverend gentleman of whom I have before spoken a little The laying of the cable having been successfully accomplished I heard the irregular roaring of the screw, and the wheels beating the After each verse the congregation murmured the one following; the shrill In four days, at the latest, the Great Eastern must reach New York harbour; The slate-coloured sea broke in great foamless billows Everything was finished by evening; not a trace of mud was visible on the