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At the bows was an engine of sixty-six horse-power After each verse the congregation murmured the one following; the shrill Here between the last small deck cabin and the enormous gratings of the About fifty workmen were scattered on the metallic skylights It was a three-mast ship of about five or six hundred tons The hull of the Great Eastern is proof against the most formidable seas; With what force must these wooden paddles strike the waves which are now When a ship arrives at the land-falls every one knows that a pilot comes After the long separation which had estranged us from each other To weigh anchor under these circumstances required considerable exertion The Utah missionary was going to hold a meeting on Mormonism; a good opportunity Soon we came in sight of Queenstown, a small calling-place On leaving the station, I went to the Adelphi Hotel Going down into the saloon, I saw a lecture announced The steamers course had been slightly altered in the night I walked on, following the upper decks towards the stern Numbers of the faithful were already in their places After having left the Doctor, I spent the rest of the day with Fabian; Thus, in the midst of the fog, officers and sailors were obliged to keep If the Great Eastern is not merely a nautical engine, but rather a microcosm The 25th still saw the deck strewn with all kinds of tools Beside the Great Eastern, these three-mast ships looked like barges; their But special arrangements were necessary for storing away the cable in the So that, although the pressure of the boilers had risen, the ships speed The next day I went down towards the basins which form a double line of About noon Captain Anderson ordered sail to be hoisted, so that the ship He was more master of his ship and more certain of guiding her skilfully A few of the more fearless stretched themselves on the sofas Therefore, to the great regret of the sailors, it had to be abandoned A French company, called the Great Eastern Company, Limited Thanks to this natural condition, the streams of the Thames and the Mersey When I went on deck, about seven oclock in the morning, the wind had freshened The officer on watch, clinging to the bridge, looked as if he was in a Before lunch several of the passengers organized a pool, which could not At Princes Landing-Stage, a small tug in the service of the Great Eastern He had told me as much of his past life as he wished me to know; his life He was a thin, nervous little man, with quick, restless eyes: a physiognomist One ring signifies ship a-head; two, ship-starboard; three This tall fellow was the exact type of an English officer; his figure was After twenty passages from England to America, one of which was marked