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Beside the Great Eastern, these three-mast ships looked like barges; their Below us, at a distance of forty feet, the screw was beating the water Of these six masts, supported by shrouds and metallic back-stays, the second Corsican and I could no longer doubt but that it was Ellen, Fabians betrothed Chance had brought all three together on the same ship No land in sight; we had doubled Cape Clear in the night Thanks to this natural condition, the streams of the Thames and the Mersey I will venture to say he was there more out of curiosity than anything An anchor-boat, intended for this purpose, had just stoppered on the chains To weigh anchor under these circumstances required considerable exertion The three masts in front are the fore-gigger and the foremast (both of The water from the skies and sea mingled in a dense fog There was a piercing wind, and about ten oclock the deck was powdered by When I went on deck, about seven oclock in the morning, the wind had freshened There was a full cargo; provisions, goods, and coal filled the stewards She alone, thanks to her perfect indifference to the sea A few of the more fearless stretched themselves on the sofas One of the surgeons on board embarked to go with them to Liverpool Then, after having crossed a small triangular space at the bows The laying of the cable having been successfully accomplished Towards five oclock a small steamer, intended as a shore-boat for the Great The lines of the Great Eastern are very elongated; her straight stem is Scarcely had we started, when I saw on the quay a tall young man Involuntarily one looked for the village steeple which was calling to prayer The engine was composed of two horizontal cylinders, and presented a system Immediately the valves open, the steam from the boilers rushes along the These unhappy men, killed and wounded, were only tools, which could be After each verse the congregation murmured the one following; the shrill His sermon was already prepared, the occasion was good, and he intended At half-past ten the Captain rose, and the service began; he read a chapter Before entering upon the last undertaking, the Board of Trade required The spectators hurried towards the unfortunate men, the wounded were taken For five days operations continued with distracting activity From Dublin they are conveyed across the channel to Holyhead by a fast But special arrangements were necessary for storing away the cable in the The hull of the Great Eastern is proof against the most formidable seas; This was done; but powerful as it was, this engine was found insuflficient Be it as it may, I had not time to observe him more closely The last three astern are the after-main-mast, mizen-mast A catch had broken, and the capstan being forced round by the frightful Would not the good Yorrick have done the same? I looked at Dean Pitferge; But now, what was most important, was to prevent another meeting between I pictured to myself this enormous bulk borne on the waves Thus, in the midst of the fog, officers and sailors were obliged to keep The Utah missionary was going to hold a meeting on Mormonism; a good opportunity Seen from the side, these wheels looked narrow and contracted The first officer, well wrapped in his macintosh, and perched on the bridge The officer on watch, clinging to the bridge, looked as if he was in a I then made up my mind to visit all the ins and outs of this immense ant-hill