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Beside the Great Eastern, these three-mast ships looked like barges; their The workmen were now hurriedly disembarking and clambering up the numerous Below us, at a distance of forty feet, the screw was beating the water The hull of the Great Eastern is proof against the most formidable seas; And now for the first time the Great Eastern was to be steered by steam This steam-ship is indeed a masterpiece of naval construction; more than Be it as it may, I had not time to observe him more closely What did he see in this liquid mirror, which gave scope to the most capricious At half-past ten, the fog having cleared off, a screw steamer appeared The lines of the Great Eastern are very elongated; her straight stem is The Captain and the first officer set the example, and with new gloves She alone, thanks to her perfect indifference to the sea One would have taken her for a small island, hardly discernible in the Thus, in the midst of the fog, officers and sailors were obliged to keep The tender had disembarked her crew; I stepped on to the fluted iron steps A black mire that British mud which is so rarely absent from the pavement These unhappy men, killed and wounded, were only tools, which could be My friend Dean Pitferge was near him, his quick little eyes running over So that, although the pressure of the boilers had risen, the ships speed I should not have been surprised to see the stokers working in black clothes; The Great Eastern struck amidships, and, supported by no sail, rolled frightfully The Great Eastern turned in time to avoid her, thanks to the promptitude This Biblical dialogue lasted for about half-an-hour, and the simple It was for this delicate operation that the engineers intended the engine Before lunch several of the passengers organized a pool, which could not During Monday night the sea was very stormy I pictured to myself this enormous bulk borne on the waves It was a Canadian, the Honourable MacAlpine, who undertook the management After having cast a rapid glance over these fitting works With what force must these wooden paddles strike the waves which are now