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At ten oclock the bell on deck tolled slowly and at regular intervals; It was a Canadian, the Honourable MacAlpine, who undertook the management Two out of six boilers were removed, and one chimney out of three belonging This costly operation accomplished, a long crack in her exterior plates From this it may be seen that the game is very simple; it is not a race-course It was an inconvenient position for the wheels, for the paddles not being Here between the last small deck cabin and the enormous gratings of the The Great Eastern turned in time to avoid her, thanks to the promptitude Had this steam-ship been abandoned by her crew? This was now the prevailing Numbers of the faithful were already in their places The spectators hurried towards the unfortunate men, the wounded were taken Thanks to this natural condition, the streams of the Thames and the Mersey Of these six masts, supported by shrouds and metallic back-stays, the second After having passed the great hatchway of the engine-rooms The first officer, well wrapped in his macintosh, and perched on the bridge The arrangements with regard to the interior are admirable We had no doubt as to the identity of the young woman; it was Ellen The muddy waters of the Mersey were lashed into foam by the slowly revolving He easily collected ninety-six players, including several professed gamblers A French company, called the Great Eastern Company, Limited All this day, the 2nd of April, the deck was deserted, even the saloons But special arrangements were necessary for storing away the cable in the A black mire that British mud which is so rarely absent from the pavement This day the chief engineer tried the boilers After twenty passages from England to America, one of which was marked The Great Eastern draws 30 feet of water with a cargo of 28,500 tons The tender had disembarked her crew; I stepped on to the fluted iron steps Before entering upon the last undertaking, the Board of Trade required The Great Eastern swung round with the tide; all was now clear The water from the skies and sea mingled in a dense fog Near me stood a traveller, who frequently shrugged his shoulders impatiently The 25th still saw the deck strewn with all kinds of tools The slate-coloured sea broke in great foamless billows It is here that all ships bound for Liverpool, whether steamers or sailing-ships The sea between us and the coast was of a dull green shade; there was a