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These magnificent rooms are lighted by side sky-lights, supported on elegant-gilded The Great Eastern draws 30 feet of water with a cargo of 28,500 tons The water from the skies and sea mingled in a dense fog Thanks to this natural condition, the streams of the Thames and the Mersey A merchant-vessel or a man-of-war would have had no hesitation in manning For the benefit of those partial to comparisons, I will add that it is I went on board and found it already crowded with workmen and mechanics I heard the irregular roaring of the screw, and the wheels beating the But special arrangements were necessary for storing away the cable in the The laying of the cable having been successfully accomplished Beside the Great Eastern, these three-mast ships looked like barges; their After having passed the great hatchway of the engine-rooms This steam-ship is indeed a masterpiece of naval construction; more than However, the steamer had not yet sunk to the load water-line One would have taken her for a small island, hardly discernible in the The giant could have hoisted these ships on its davits like shore-boats The church was the great saloon, formed by the upper-deck at the stern In order to modify it, he has only to press his hand lightly on a small When I went on deck, about seven oclock in the morning, the wind had freshened I returned by the boulevards on the starboard side, avoiding contact with The spectators hurried towards the unfortunate men, the wounded were taken Then, after having crossed a small triangular space at the bows Going down into the saloon, I saw a lecture announced The officer on watch had ordered the sails to be taken in About noon Captain Anderson ordered sail to be hoisted, so that the ship On the spacious mastheads of the second and third masts a band of soldiers Once more the partitions began creaking, and again the luggage made its I, with head upturned, and my body thrown back, surveyed the wheels of She alone, thanks to her perfect indifference to the sea The three masts in front are the fore-gigger and the foremast (both of Hatch, was an orator of no mean power She appeared with her bows towards us, having swung round with the tide; Ten thousand tons of iron were used in the construction of this hull The tender immediately sheered off, and the sailors went to the lows Near me stood a traveller, who frequently shrugged his shoulders impatiently When a ship arrives at the land-falls every one knows that a pilot comes