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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
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The
whole
squadron
was
now
assembled,
and
made
gallant
array.
There
were
present
in
the
little
harbor
of
Valentia
seven
ships--the
stately
Niagara,
which
was
to
lay
the
half
of
the
cable
from
Ireland,
and
her
consort,
the
Susquehanna,
riding
by
her
side;
while
floating
the
flag
of
England,
were
the
Agamemnon,
which
was
appointed
to
lay
the
cable
on
the
American
side,
and
her
consort,
the
Leopard.
Beside
these
high-decked
ships
of
war,
the
steamer
Advice
had
come
round
to
give,
not
merely
advice
but
lusty
help
in
landing
the
cable
at
Valentia;
and
the
little
steamer
Willing
Mind,
with
a
zeal
worthy
of
her
name,
was
flying
back
and
forth
between
ship
and
shore,
lending
a
hand
wherever
there
was
work
to
be
done;
and
the
Cyclops,
under
the
experienced
command
of
Captain
Dayman,
who
had
made
the
deep-sea
soundings
across
the
Atlantic
only
the
month
before,
here
joined
the
squadron
to
lead
the
way
across
the
deep.
This
made
five
English
ships,
with
but
two
American;
but
to
keep
up
our
part,
there
were
two
more
steamers
on
the
other
side
of
the
sea,
the
Arctic,
under
Lieutenant
Berryman,
and
the
Company's
steamer
Victoria,
to
watch
for
the
coming
of
the
fleet
off
the
coast
of
Newfoundland,
and
help
in
landing
the
cable
on
the
shores
of
the
New
World.
It
was
now
Tuesday
evening,
the
fourth
of
August,
too
late
to
undertake
the
landing
that
night,
but
preparations
were
at
once
begun
for
it
the
next
morning.
Said
the
correspondent
of
the
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