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The tender had disembarked her crew; I stepped on to the fluted iron steps Once more the partitions began creaking, and again the luggage made its After having passed the great hatchway of the engine-rooms And now for the first time the Great Eastern was to be steered by steam The atmosphere was grey, and birds flew screeching through the damp mists Her movable engine was first hoisted on board by means of windlasses Therefore, to the great regret of the sailors, it had to be abandoned Therefore they were obliged to abandon the steamer, but there still remained Chance had brought all three together on the same ship I should not have been surprised to see the stokers working in black clothes; From the deck rise six masts and five chimneys An anchor-boat, intended for this purpose, had just stoppered on the chains It was a three-mast ship of about five or six hundred tons Soon we came in sight of Queenstown, a small calling-place Each player stakes one dollar, and draws one of the half or quarter hours: These wagers, amounting to several hundred dollars, he lost every one; The hull of the Great Eastern is proof against the most formidable seas; About nine oclock the bearings of the Great Eastern were west-north-west They cause accidents which it is impossible to avoid, and a collision at Numbers of the faithful were already in their places I went on board and found it already crowded with workmen and mechanics I left my cabin, and helping myself with hands and feet through the billows We had no doubt as to the identity of the young woman; it was Ellen He easily collected ninety-six players, including several professed gamblers There was a piercing wind, and about ten oclock the deck was powdered by Of these six masts, supported by shrouds and metallic back-stays, the second The sea was magnificent and resplendent beneath the first rays of a spring I was going to reply to this wise observation, when there was a loud cry I thought I recognized in him a friend whom I had not seen for several Immediately the valves open, the steam from the boilers rushes along the What did he see in this liquid mirror, which gave scope to the most capricious From Dublin they are conveyed across the channel to Holyhead by a fast I thought myself very fortunate that the screw was allowed to continue When a ship arrives at the land-falls every one knows that a pilot comes Then, after having crossed a small triangular space at the bows The sea between us and the coast was of a dull green shade; there was a With what force must these wooden paddles strike the waves which are now Everything was finished by evening; not a trace of mud was visible on the The Captains eyes glowed with a dark fire at the thought of this wretch These unhappy men, killed and wounded, were only tools, which could be A profound silence reigned among the congregation; the officers occupied I heard the irregular roaring of the screw, and the wheels beating the The first officer, well wrapped in his macintosh, and perched on the bridge This was done; but powerful as it was, this engine was found insuflficient I saw an object moving for several moments at the bows, but it turned out The lines of the Great Eastern are very elongated; her straight stem is After each verse the congregation murmured the one following; the shrill Before entering upon the last undertaking, the Board of Trade required The steersman standing on the bridge between the signal apparatus of the Freed from their broken rope-bands, the capstan-bars flew in all directions