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Chance had brought all three together on the same ship After having passed the great hatchway of the engine-rooms Then, after having crossed a small triangular space at the bows Numerous vessels, brigs and schooners, were awaiting the tide; steamers The hull of the Great Eastern is proof against the most formidable seas; During Monday night the sea was very stormy I pictured to myself this enormous bulk borne on the waves On leaving the station, I went to the Adelphi Hotel This day the chief engineer tried the boilers A black mire that British mud which is so rarely absent from the pavement The tender had disembarked her crew; I stepped on to the fluted iron steps From this it may be seen that the game is very simple; it is not a race-course After having left the Doctor, I spent the rest of the day with Fabian; At this moment numerous groups appeared at the doors of the cabins All these good people seemed to have hats and boots of a dazzling brightness Her steel hull was so heavy that the davits to which it was attached bent Scarcely had we started, when I saw on the quay a tall young man Meanwhile the tender approached the Great Eastern, whose chains were violently He had told me as much of his past life as he wished me to know; his life At ten oclock the bell on deck tolled slowly and at regular intervals; The three masts in front are the fore-gigger and the foremast (both of I, following the general example, staked my dollar, and fate allotted me About noon Captain Anderson ordered sail to be hoisted, so that the ship Beside the Great Eastern, these three-mast ships looked like barges; their Captain Anderson assuming the office of pastor on board, in the midst of Each player stakes one dollar, and draws one of the half or quarter hours: The workmen were now hurriedly disembarking and clambering up the numerous I walked on, following the upper decks towards the stern It is an immense depression of the land filled with water First of all, during the service, although the weather was fine They cause accidents which it is impossible to avoid, and a collision at This steam-ship is indeed a masterpiece of naval construction; more than Towards five oclock a small steamer, intended as a shore-boat for the Great I could hardly see the tops of the masts, two hundred feet in height I should not have been surprised to see the stokers working in black clothes; After twenty passages from England to America, one of which was marked I then made up my mind to visit all the ins and outs of this immense ant-hill If the Great Eastern is not merely a nautical engine, but rather a microcosm