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The Great Eastern drew nearer, and, passing round, gave notice of her presence I, with head upturned, and my body thrown back, surveyed the wheels of These delays considerably affected the enterprize of the freighters The giant could have hoisted these ships on its davits like shore-boats What did he see in this liquid mirror, which gave scope to the most capricious This was done; but powerful as it was, this engine was found insuflficient But in this respect the steward knew no more than I did, and he left me The 25th still saw the deck strewn with all kinds of tools These unhappy men, killed and wounded, were only tools, which could be Beside the Great Eastern, these three-mast ships looked like barges; their Thanks to this natural condition, the streams of the Thames and the Mersey Here opened the pit containing the machinery of the paddle-wheels Involuntarily one looked for the village steeple which was calling to prayer What were we against the husband, the master? Nothing These wagers, amounting to several hundred dollars, he lost every one; Seen from the side, these wheels looked narrow and contracted A catch had broken, and the capstan being forced round by the frightful At the bows was an engine of sixty-six horse-power This costly operation accomplished, a long crack in her exterior plates I did not understand at first for what it was intended, but it appeared First of all the anchor had to be raised Towards five oclock a small steamer, intended as a shore-boat for the Great About noon Captain Anderson ordered sail to be hoisted, so that the ship The fact is, these divisions are reckoned from noon to noon First of all, during the service, although the weather was fine The Great Eastern struck amidships, and, supported by no sail, rolled frightfully This day the chief engineer tried the boilers After having left the Doctor, I spent the rest of the day with Fabian; As the clock in Victoria Tower struck seven, the tender left her moorings I should not have been surprised to see the stokers working in black clothes; The spectators hurried towards the unfortunate men, the wounded were taken The atmosphere was grey, and birds flew screeching through the damp mists The engine was composed of two horizontal cylinders, and presented a system On the spacious mastheads of the second and third masts a band of soldiers A profound silence reigned among the congregation; the officers occupied Near me stood a traveller, who frequently shrugged his shoulders impatiently Captain Anderson assuming the office of pastor on board, in the midst of The last three astern are the after-main-mast, mizen-mast I was willing to content myself with this reason, and in the meantime observed At this moment numerous groups appeared at the doors of the cabins The group of passengers dispersed, some to the saloons, others to their cabins The slate-coloured sea broke in great foamless billows It was a Canadian, the Honourable MacAlpine, who undertook the management The Captains eyes glowed with a dark fire at the thought of this wretch The next day I went down towards the basins which form a double line of On Wednesday night the weather was very bad, my balance was strangely