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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
239
Thus
with
her
spacious
chambers
prepared
for
the
reception
of
her
guest,
the
Great
Eastern
opened
her
doors
to
take
in
the
Atlantic
cable;
and
long
as
it
was,
and
wide
and
high
the
space
it
filled,
it
found
ample
verge
and
room
within
her
capacious
sides.
Indeed,
it
was
the
wonder
of
all
who
beheld
it,
how,
like
a
monster
of
the
sea,
she
devoured
all
that
other
ships
could
bring.
The
Iris
and
the
Amethyst
came
up
time
after
time
and
disgorged
their
iron
contents.
Yet
this
leviathan
swallowed
ship-load
after
ship-load,
as
if
she
could
never
be
satisfied.
A
writer
who
visited
her
when
the
cable
was
nearly
all
on
board,
was
at
a
loss
to
find
it.
He
looked
along
the
deck,
from
stem
to
stern,
but
not
a
sign
of
it
appeared.
How
he
searched,
and
how
the
wonder
grew,
he
tells
in
a
published
letter.
After
describing
his
approach
to
the
ship,
and
climbing
up
her
sides
and
his
survey
of
her
deck,
he
proceeds:
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