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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
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At
the
same
time
it
was
decided
that
the
three
other
ships
should
leave
their
present
cruising
ground,
and
try
a
new
spot.
As
an
old
fisherman,
who
has
cast
his
line
in
one
place
so
often
as
to
scare
the
fish
away,
sometimes
has
better
luck
in
other
waters,
so
they
proposed
to
go
east
a
hundred
miles,
to
a
place
where
the
ocean
was
not
quite
so
deep.
Deane,
in
his
Diary,
calls
it
"the
sixteen
hundred
fathom
patch,"
but
they
found
it
nineteen
hundred
fathoms,
or
about
two
miles!
So
the
next
morning
the
Great
Eastern,
the
Medway,
and
the
Albany
"pulled
up
stakes,"
that
is,
took
in
their
buoys,
and
bore
away
to
the
east.
In
a
few
hours
they
reached
the
appointed
rendezvous,
and
had
set
their
buoys.
The
last
day
of
August
had
come,
and
all
seemed
favorable
for
a
final
attempt.
It
was
a
clear
day,
with
no
wind.
The
sea
had
gone
down,
so
that
at
noon
it
was
a
dead
calm,
as
the
three
ships
took
their
position
in
line,
about
two
miles
apart,
ready
to
open
their
broadsides
at
once.
The
grapnel
went
over
for
the
thirtieth
time.
Kind
heaven
favored
its
search,
and
at
ten
minutes
before
midnight
it
had
found
the
cable,
and
fastened
its
teeth
never
to
let
go.
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