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From Dublin they are conveyed across the channel to Holyhead by a fast The giant could have hoisted these ships on its davits like shore-boats At six oclock next morning, after passing a sleepless night I walked on, following the upper decks towards the stern I went on board and found it already crowded with workmen and mechanics The muddy waters of the Mersey were lashed into foam by the slowly revolving Here opened the pit containing the machinery of the paddle-wheels When the first attempt to lay the Atlantic cable had failed First of all the anchor had to be raised These questions were destined to remain unanswered They cause accidents which it is impossible to avoid, and a collision at One might have thought oneself in the worst part of Upper Thames Street The steersman standing on the bridge between the signal apparatus of the The fact is, these divisions are reckoned from noon to noon A catch had broken, and the capstan being forced round by the frightful The fore-masts and the main-masts carry the schooner-sails, the top-sails An anchor-boat, intended for this purpose, had just stoppered on the chains The Great Eastern turned in time to avoid her, thanks to the promptitude The tender had disembarked her crew; I stepped on to the fluted iron steps Soon we came in sight of Queenstown, a small calling-place Therefore, to the great regret of the sailors, it had to be abandoned Thanks to this natural condition, the streams of the Thames and the Mersey Only at night, perhaps eluding her gaoler, she came out to bathe herself The officer on watch, clinging to the bridge, looked as if he was in a After the long separation which had estranged us from each other With what force must these wooden paddles strike the waves which are now Before lunch several of the passengers organized a pool, which could not