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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
317
[B]
Mr.
Dudley
made
a
number
of
sketches
for
Mr.
Field,
with
several
large
paintings,
which
have
furnished
the
illustrations
for
this
volume.
[C]
The
little
harbor
that
bears
this
gentle
name,
is
a
sheltered
nook
where
ships
may
ride
at
anchor,
safe
from
the
storms
of
the
ocean.
It
is
but
an
inlet
from
the
great
arm
of
the
sea
known
as
Trinity
Bay,
which
is
sixty
or
seventy
miles
long,
and
twenty
miles
broad.
On
the
beach
is
a
small
village
of
some
sixty
houses,
most
of
which
are
the
humble
dwellings
of
those
hardy
men
who
vex
the
northern
seas
with
their
fisheries.
The
place
was
never
heard
of
outside
of
Newfoundland
till
1864,
when
Mr.
Field,
sailing
up
Trinity
Bay
in
the
surveying
steamer
Margaretta
Stevenson,
Captain
Orlebar,
R.
N.,
in
search
of
a
place
for
the
landing
of
the
ocean
cable,
fixed
upon
this
secluded
spot.
The
old
landing
of
1858
was
at
the
Bay
of
Bull's
Arm,
at
the
head
of
Trinity
Bay,
twenty
miles
above.
Heart's
Content
was
chosen
now
because
its
waters
are
still
and
deep,
so
that
a
cable
skirting
the
north
side
of
the
Banks
of
Newfoundland
can
be
brought
in
deep
water
almost
till
it
touches
the
shore.
All
around
the
land
rises
to
pine-crested
heights;
and
here
the
telegraphic
fleet,
after
its
memorable
voyage,
lay
in
quiet,
under
the
shadow
of
the
encircling
hills.
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