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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
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On
leaving
this
second
time,
it
was
agreed
that
the
squadron
should
not
try
to
keep
together,
but
each
ship
make
its
way
to
the
given
latitude
and
longitude
which
was
the
appointed
rendezvous
in
mid-ocean.
The
Niagara,
being
the
largest,
and
able
to
carry
the
most
coal,
kept
under
steam
the
whole
way,
and
arrived
first,
and
waited
several
days
for
the
other
ships
to
appear.
The
Valorous
came
next,
and
then
the
Gorgon,
and,
last
of
all,
the
Agamemnon,
which
had
been
saving
her
coal
for
the
return
voyage,
and
had
been
delayed
for
want
of
a
little
of
that
wind
which,
in
the
former
expedition,
she
had
had
in
too
great
abundance.
Says
the
English
correspondent
on
board:
"For
several
days
in
succession
there
was
an
uninterrupted
calm.
The
moon
was
just
at
the
full,
and
for
several
nights
it
shone
with
a
brilliancy
which
turned
the
sea
into
one
silvery
sheet,
which
brought
out
the
dark
hull
and
white
sails
of
the
ship
in
strong
contrast
to
the
sea
and
sky,
as
the
vessel
lay
all
but
motionless
on
the
water,
the
very
impersonation
of
solitude
and
repose.
Indeed,
until
the
rendezvous
was
gained,
we
had
such
a
succession
of
beautiful
sunrises,
gorgeous
sunsets,
and
tranquil
moonlight
nights,
as
would
have
excited
the
most
enthusiastic
admiration
of
any
one
but
persons
situated
as
we
were.
But
by
us
such
scenes
were
regarded
only
as
the
annoying
indications
of
the
calm,
which
delayed
our
progress
and
wasted
our
coal.
By
dint,
however,
of
a
judicious
expenditure
of
fuel,
and
a
liberal
use
of
the
cheaper
motive
power
of
sail,
the
rendezvous
was
reached
on
Wednesday,
the
twenty-eighth
of
July,
just
eleven
days
after
our
departure
from
Queenstown.
The
rest
of
the
squadron
came
in
sight
at
nightfall,
but
at
such
a
distance
that
it
was
past
ten
o'clock
on
the
morning
of
Thursday,
the
twenty-ninth,
before
the
Agamemnon
joined
them.
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