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At the base they measure 43 inches in diameter, and the largest (the main-mast) No land in sight; we had doubled Cape Clear in the night The sea was magnificent and resplendent beneath the first rays of a spring There was a full cargo; provisions, goods, and coal filled the stewards But special arrangements were necessary for storing away the cable in the And now for the first time the Great Eastern was to be steered by steam However, the steamer had not yet sunk to the load water-line As the clock in Victoria Tower struck seven, the tender left her moorings Captain Anderson assuming the office of pastor on board, in the midst of The four corpses, enveloped in coverings, were let down, and placed on The laying of the cable having been successfully accomplished It was for this delicate operation that the engineers intended the engine One ring signifies ship a-head; two, ship-starboard; three One of the surgeons on board embarked to go with them to Liverpool It was a three-mast ship of about five or six hundred tons With what force must these wooden paddles strike the waves which are now Stretching on either side were two wide streets, or rather boulevards Immediately the valves open, the steam from the boilers rushes along the The Utah missionary was going to hold a meeting on Mormonism; a good opportunity A profound silence reigned among the congregation; the officers occupied I, with head upturned, and my body thrown back, surveyed the wheels of These magnificent rooms are lighted by side sky-lights, supported on elegant-gilded To weigh anchor under these circumstances required considerable exertion Soon we came in sight of Queenstown, a small calling-place A black mire that British mud which is so rarely absent from the pavement One would have taken her for a small island, hardly discernible in the Everything was finished by evening; not a trace of mud was visible on the The laundries and the crews berths are shut off at the fore-part Here opened the pit containing the machinery of the paddle-wheels During this last day, however, little by little the gangways were cleared I was on the poop at the bows with several other passengers at this moment Before entering upon the last undertaking, the Board of Trade required After having passed the great hatchway of the engine-rooms I thought myself very fortunate that the screw was allowed to continue It was a Canadian, the Honourable MacAlpine, who undertook the management Involuntarily one looked for the village steeple which was calling to prayer I went towards the fore-part of the vessel, the staircase had not yet been