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At six oclock next morning, after passing a sleepless night About nine oclock the bearings of the Great Eastern were west-north-west Here between the last small deck cabin and the enormous gratings of the These accumulated vapours rising from the sea constitute the greatest danger Be it as it may, I had not time to observe him more closely The tender, already some distance off, was hailed, and in a few minutes Here opened the pit containing the machinery of the paddle-wheels The Great Eastern draws 30 feet of water with a cargo of 28,500 tons For the benefit of those partial to comparisons, I will add that it is It was for this delicate operation that the engineers intended the engine Friends exchanged quiet greetings; every one held a Prayer-book in his The church was the great saloon, formed by the upper-deck at the stern Hatch, was an orator of no mean power The Captain and the first officer set the example, and with new gloves I should not have been surprised to see the stokers working in black clothes; Captain Anderson assuming the office of pastor on board, in the midst of Only at night, perhaps eluding her gaoler, she came out to bathe herself When a ship arrives at the land-falls every one knows that a pilot comes The lines of the Great Eastern are very elongated; her straight stem is An anchor-boat, intended for this purpose, had just stoppered on the chains After having left the Doctor, I spent the rest of the day with Fabian; For five days operations continued with distracting activity After twenty passages from England to America, one of which was marked I returned by the boulevards on the starboard side, avoiding contact with I heard the irregular roaring of the screw, and the wheels beating the Fabian had not recognized her, although he had cried, It is she These questions were destined to remain unanswered At the bows was an engine of sixty-six horse-power Going down into the saloon, I saw a lecture announced When I went on deck, about seven oclock in the morning, the wind had freshened I thought myself very fortunate that the screw was allowed to continue The next day I went down towards the basins which form a double line of In four days, at the latest, the Great Eastern must reach New York harbour; The Great Eastern was announced to sail on the 20th of March The spectators hurried towards the unfortunate men, the wounded were taken In order to raise the anchors it was only necessary to send the steam from At two oclock the fog grew dense again, the wind fell and rose at the same She is capable of receiving 10,000 passengers, so that out of the 373 principal At half-past ten, the fog having cleared off, a screw steamer appeared There was no heaving to speak of, but the rolling was dreadful So that, although the pressure of the boilers had risen, the ships speed These unhappy men, killed and wounded, were only tools, which could be In order to modify it, he has only to press his hand lightly on a small Freed from their broken rope-bands, the capstan-bars flew in all directions Thus, in the midst of the fog, officers and sailors were obliged to keep Meanwhile the tender approached the Great Eastern, whose chains were violently At this moment numerous groups appeared at the doors of the cabins One might have thought oneself in the worst part of Upper Thames Street With what force must these wooden paddles strike the waves which are now A black mire that British mud which is so rarely absent from the pavement