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The church was the great saloon, formed by the upper-deck at the stern This steam-ship is indeed a masterpiece of naval construction; more than Captain Anderson assuming the office of pastor on board, in the midst of The atmosphere was grey, and birds flew screeching through the damp mists The Great Eastern turned in time to avoid her, thanks to the promptitude The Captain and the first officer set the example, and with new gloves The arrangements with regard to the interior are admirable When a ship arrives at the land-falls every one knows that a pilot comes I left my cabin, and helping myself with hands and feet through the billows Two out of six boilers were removed, and one chimney out of three belonging The muddy waters of the Mersey were lashed into foam by the slowly revolving The 25th still saw the deck strewn with all kinds of tools And now for the first time the Great Eastern was to be steered by steam The lines of the Great Eastern are very elongated; her straight stem is It is an immense depression of the land filled with water Of these six masts, supported by shrouds and metallic back-stays, the second The slate-coloured sea broke in great foamless billows Numerous vessels, brigs and schooners, were awaiting the tide; steamers At the base they measure 43 inches in diameter, and the largest (the main-mast) The spectators hurried towards the unfortunate men, the wounded were taken The steamers course had been slightly altered in the night Had this steam-ship been abandoned by her crew? This was now the prevailing The Great Eastern draws 30 feet of water with a cargo of 28,500 tons I should not have been surprised to see the stokers working in black clothes; So that, although the pressure of the boilers had risen, the ships speed From this it may be seen that the game is very simple; it is not a race-course Numbers of the faithful were already in their places In this position the deck of the tender was only on a level with the load This tall fellow was the exact type of an English officer; his figure was I thought myself very fortunate that the screw was allowed to continue But special arrangements were necessary for storing away the cable in the It was an inconvenient position for the wheels, for the paddles not being In four days, at the latest, the Great Eastern must reach New York harbour; The result of this pool was not to be known for four days; it was what After twenty passages from England to America, one of which was marked Hatch, was an orator of no mean power I could hardly see the tops of the masts, two hundred feet in height He had told me as much of his past life as he wished me to know; his life I did not understand at first for what it was intended, but it appeared A French company, called the Great Eastern Company, Limited I was going to reply to this wise observation, when there was a loud cry I was willing to content myself with this reason, and in the meantime observed There was no heaving to speak of, but the rolling was dreadful His sermon was already prepared, the occasion was good, and he intended I then made up my mind to visit all the ins and outs of this immense ant-hill A catch had broken, and the capstan being forced round by the frightful During Monday night the sea was very stormy Before lunch several of the passengers organized a pool, which could not Her steel hull was so heavy that the davits to which it was attached bent