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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
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In
the
Albany,
also,
had
gone
Mr.
Temple,
of
Mr.
Canning's
staff.
The
ship
had
been
fitted
up
with
a
complete
set
of
buoys
and
apparatus
for
grappling;
and
he
was
full
of
ambition
to
recover
the
cable
before
the
Great
Eastern
should
come
up.
In
this
he
had
nearly
proved
successful.
They
had
caught
it
once,
and
raised
it
a
few
hundred
fathoms
from
the
bottom,
and
buoyed
it,
but
rough
weather
came
on
and
tore
away
the
buoy,
so
that
the
cable
went
down
again,
carrying
two
miles
of
rope.
This
was
a
disappointment,
but
still,
as
their
first
attempt
was
only
a
"feeler,"
the
result
was
encouraging.
It
showed
that
they
had
found
the
right
place;
that
the
cable
was
there;
that
it
had
not
run
away
nor
been
floated
off
by
those
under-currents
that
exist
in
the
imagination
of
some
wise
men
of
the
sea;
nor
that
it
was
so
imbedded
in
the
ooze
of
the
deep
as
to
be
beyond
reach
or
recovery.
All
this
was
cheering,
but
as
it
promised
to
be
a
more
difficult
job
than
they
had
supposed,
they
were
glad
when
the
Great
Eastern
hove
in
sight
that
Sunday
noon.
The
next
morning
Captain
Moriarty
and
Mr.
Temple
came
on
board,
and
after
reporting
their
experience,
the
chief
officers
of
the
Expedition
held
a
council
of
war
before
opening
the
campaign.
The
fleet
was
all
together,
the
weather
was
favorable,
and
it
was
determined
at
once
to
proceed
to
business.
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