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The crew had undoubtedly had time to leave her, but could they have reached No land in sight; we had doubled Cape Clear in the night At half-past ten the Captain rose, and the service began; he read a chapter I, following the general example, staked my dollar, and fate allotted me Only at night, perhaps eluding her gaoler, she came out to bathe herself I walked on, following the upper decks towards the stern I then made up my mind to visit all the ins and outs of this immense ant-hill The slate-coloured sea broke in great foamless billows Thanks to this natural condition, the streams of the Thames and the Mersey In order to modify it, he has only to press his hand lightly on a small From Dublin they are conveyed across the channel to Holyhead by a fast This steam-ship is indeed a masterpiece of naval construction; more than The muddy waters of the Mersey were lashed into foam by the slowly revolving What did he see in this liquid mirror, which gave scope to the most capricious The Great Eastern swung round with the tide; all was now clear I heard the irregular roaring of the screw, and the wheels beating the She alone, thanks to her perfect indifference to the sea Involuntarily one looked for the village steeple which was calling to prayer Be it as it may, I had not time to observe him more closely One ring signifies ship a-head; two, ship-starboard; three Freed from their broken rope-bands, the capstan-bars flew in all directions Before entering upon the last undertaking, the Board of Trade required These delays considerably affected the enterprize of the freighters After having cast a rapid glance over these fitting works At six oclock next morning, after passing a sleepless night This was done; but powerful as it was, this engine was found insuflficient First of all the anchor had to be raised The tender, already some distance off, was hailed, and in a few minutes Before lunch several of the passengers organized a pool, which could not At this moment numerous groups appeared at the doors of the cabins She is capable of receiving 10,000 passengers, so that out of the 373 principal The Great Eastern struck amidships, and, supported by no sail, rolled frightfully It is here that all ships bound for Liverpool, whether steamers or sailing-ships Captain Anderson assuming the office of pastor on board, in the midst of At half-past ten, the fog having cleared off, a screw steamer appeared Fabian was looking at the magic of the waves without speaking She appeared with her bows towards us, having swung round with the tide; After having left the Doctor, I spent the rest of the day with Fabian; In this position the deck of the tender was only on a level with the load The officer on watch, clinging to the bridge, looked as if he was in a When I went on deck, about seven oclock in the morning, the wind had freshened Had this steam-ship been abandoned by her crew? This was now the prevailing About fifty workmen were scattered on the metallic skylights A few of the more fearless stretched themselves on the sofas Numbers of the faithful were already in their places He was more master of his ship and more certain of guiding her skilfully All this day, the 2nd of April, the deck was deserted, even the saloons The tender had disembarked her crew; I stepped on to the fluted iron steps