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These accumulated vapours rising from the sea constitute the greatest danger At half-past ten, the fog having cleared off, a screw steamer appeared In order to raise the anchors it was only necessary to send the steam from The hull of the Great Eastern is proof against the most formidable seas; Near me stood a traveller, who frequently shrugged his shoulders impatiently The Great Eastern turned in time to avoid her, thanks to the promptitude If the Great Eastern is not merely a nautical engine, but rather a microcosm Before lunch several of the passengers organized a pool, which could not This Biblical dialogue lasted for about half-an-hour, and the simple It was a three-mast ship of about five or six hundred tons The officer on watch, clinging to the bridge, looked as if he was in a I will venture to say he was there more out of curiosity than anything Scarcely had we started, when I saw on the quay a tall young man The water from the skies and sea mingled in a dense fog The Captain and the first officer set the example, and with new gloves At the base they measure 43 inches in diameter, and the largest (the main-mast) From this it may be seen that the game is very simple; it is not a race-course I could hardly see the tops of the masts, two hundred feet in height At the bows was an engine of sixty-six horse-power During this last day, however, little by little the gangways were cleared I went towards the fore-part of the vessel, the staircase had not yet been At last I reached the stern of the steam-ship, and the place I had already Therefore, to the great regret of the sailors, it had to be abandoned But my imagination carried me no farther; all these things I did indeed It was an inconvenient position for the wheels, for the paddles not being At six oclock next morning, after passing a sleepless night One of the surgeons on board embarked to go with them to Liverpool It was a Canadian, the Honourable MacAlpine, who undertook the management The steamers course had been slightly altered in the night After twenty passages from England to America, one of which was marked Freed from their broken rope-bands, the capstan-bars flew in all directions First of all, during the service, although the weather was fine A profound silence reigned among the congregation; the officers occupied What were we against the husband, the master? Nothing The gate-keepers allowed me to go on to Princes Landing-Stage Therefore they were obliged to abandon the steamer, but there still remained