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About nine oclock the bearings of the Great Eastern were west-north-west At the base they measure 43 inches in diameter, and the largest (the main-mast) The next day I went down towards the basins which form a double line of The hull of the Great Eastern is proof against the most formidable seas; I walked on, following the upper decks towards the stern It was a Canadian, the Honourable MacAlpine, who undertook the management A merchant-vessel or a man-of-war would have had no hesitation in manning Each player stakes one dollar, and draws one of the half or quarter hours: Fabian had not recognized her, although he had cried, It is she These questions were destined to remain unanswered At half-past ten, the fog having cleared off, a screw steamer appeared These delays considerably affected the enterprize of the freighters The slate-coloured sea broke in great foamless billows The muddy waters of the Mersey were lashed into foam by the slowly revolving Only at night, perhaps eluding her gaoler, she came out to bathe herself The giant could have hoisted these ships on its davits like shore-boats The laying of the cable having been successfully accomplished Be it as it may, I had not time to observe him more closely Her movable engine was first hoisted on board by means of windlasses I saw an object moving for several moments at the bows, but it turned out The announcement of the conference was received very favourably by the This costly operation accomplished, a long crack in her exterior plates One might have thought oneself in the worst part of Upper Thames Street Beside the Great Eastern, these three-mast ships looked like barges; their At ten oclock the bell on deck tolled slowly and at regular intervals; As the clock in Victoria Tower struck seven, the tender left her moorings She is capable of receiving 10,000 passengers, so that out of the 373 principal The tender had disembarked her crew; I stepped on to the fluted iron steps The fore-masts and the main-masts carry the schooner-sails, the top-sails A French company, called the Great Eastern Company, Limited But in this respect the steward knew no more than I did, and he left me When a ship arrives at the land-falls every one knows that a pilot comes The execution could not fail to be worthy of the work When the first attempt to lay the Atlantic cable had failed I will venture to say he was there more out of curiosity than anything Therefore, to the great regret of the sailors, it had to be abandoned Then, after having crossed a small triangular space at the bows The Captains eyes glowed with a dark fire at the thought of this wretch I was willing to content myself with this reason, and in the meantime observed