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The giant could have hoisted these ships on its davits like shore-boats Thus, in the midst of the fog, officers and sailors were obliged to keep The four corpses, enveloped in coverings, were let down, and placed on A merchant-vessel or a man-of-war would have had no hesitation in manning Below us, at a distance of forty feet, the screw was beating the water They cause accidents which it is impossible to avoid, and a collision at The Great Eastern drew nearer, and, passing round, gave notice of her presence These accumulated vapours rising from the sea constitute the greatest danger From the deck rise six masts and five chimneys But special arrangements were necessary for storing away the cable in the of Liverpool, the first to the amount of 538,750 francs At the base they measure 43 inches in diameter, and the largest (the main-mast) All this day, the 2nd of April, the deck was deserted, even the saloons The three masts in front are the fore-gigger and the foremast (both of The execution could not fail to be worthy of the work I pictured to myself this enormous bulk borne on the waves I walked on, following the upper decks towards the stern I did not understand at first for what it was intended, but it appeared It was a three-mast ship of about five or six hundred tons These wagers, amounting to several hundred dollars, he lost every one; He easily collected ninety-six players, including several professed gamblers I, with head upturned, and my body thrown back, surveyed the wheels of On Wednesday night the weather was very bad, my balance was strangely Fabian had not recognized her, although he had cried, It is she What were we against the husband, the master? Nothing The slate-coloured sea broke in great foamless billows I went towards the fore-part of the vessel, the staircase had not yet been He was a thin, nervous little man, with quick, restless eyes: a physiognomist These magnificent rooms are lighted by side sky-lights, supported on elegant-gilded To weigh anchor under these circumstances required considerable exertion These unhappy men, killed and wounded, were only tools, which could be There was a full cargo; provisions, goods, and coal filled the stewards From this it may be seen that the game is very simple; it is not a race-course It was for this delicate operation that the engineers intended the engine At six oclock next morning, after passing a sleepless night I was going to reply to this wise observation, when there was a loud cry In four days, at the latest, the Great Eastern must reach New York harbour; On the spacious mastheads of the second and third masts a band of soldiers The water from the skies and sea mingled in a dense fog Her steel hull was so heavy that the davits to which it was attached bent After having passed the great hatchway of the engine-rooms The steersman standing on the bridge between the signal apparatus of the The Great Eastern turned in time to avoid her, thanks to the promptitude It is an immense depression of the land filled with water Only at night, perhaps eluding her gaoler, she came out to bathe herself Involuntarily one looked for the village steeple which was calling to prayer The laundries and the crews berths are shut off at the fore-part