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The atmosphere was grey, and birds flew screeching through the damp mists My friend Dean Pitferge was near him, his quick little eyes running over Fabian was looking at the magic of the waves without speaking On the spacious mastheads of the second and third masts a band of soldiers Beside the Great Eastern, these three-mast ships looked like barges; their I, with head upturned, and my body thrown back, surveyed the wheels of There was a full cargo; provisions, goods, and coal filled the stewards I then made up my mind to visit all the ins and outs of this immense ant-hill One would have taken her for a small island, hardly discernible in the She alone, thanks to her perfect indifference to the sea Portmanteaus and bags came in and out of my cabin; an unusual hubbub reigned First of all the anchor had to be raised At two oclock the fog grew dense again, the wind fell and rose at the same I went towards the fore-part of the vessel, the staircase had not yet been Had this steam-ship been abandoned by her crew? This was now the prevailing It was for this delicate operation that the engineers intended the engine Ten thousand tons of iron were used in the construction of this hull She alone could store on board the 2100 miles of metallic wire weighing At six oclock next morning, after passing a sleepless night We had no doubt as to the identity of the young woman; it was Ellen At this moment numerous groups appeared at the doors of the cabins The lines of the Great Eastern are very elongated; her straight stem is But my imagination carried me no farther; all these things I did indeed The giant could have hoisted these ships on its davits like shore-boats Chance had brought all three together on the same ship From the deck rise six masts and five chimneys He easily collected ninety-six players, including several professed gamblers At the bows was an engine of sixty-six horse-power The sea between us and the coast was of a dull green shade; there was a At the same time we had reason to hope that these two poor creatures would One might have thought oneself in the worst part of Upper Thames Street During Monday night the sea was very stormy At ten oclock the bell on deck tolled slowly and at regular intervals; Scarcely had we started, when I saw on the quay a tall young man The three masts in front are the fore-gigger and the foremast (both of This Biblical dialogue lasted for about half-an-hour, and the simple There was no heaving to speak of, but the rolling was dreadful I, following the general example, staked my dollar, and fate allotted me The Utah missionary was going to hold a meeting on Mormonism; a good opportunity The spectators hurried towards the unfortunate men, the wounded were taken The next day I went down towards the basins which form a double line of It was the reverend gentleman of whom I have before spoken a little This costly operation accomplished, a long crack in her exterior plates On Wednesday night the weather was very bad, my balance was strangely Of these six masts, supported by shrouds and metallic back-stays, the second Her movable engine was first hoisted on board by means of windlasses