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cal)le is caught tlie grapnel ring.-; a l.iellou 1)uaril the .-liiji, intimat- 

 ing " I have got him." At the same time, ^^^ an ingenious airange- 

 iiient, it cuts the cable and firmly gra.sps tli,e end tliJit is wanted, 

 leaving the other to l)e picked up at'terwai'ds. Tlien the hauling 

 in process begins, and from the depth it may lie of two miles, 

 the grapnel soon appears at the surface of the water, holding in 

 its death-like grip the end of tlie cable. Armed with such an 

 imjdenient Captain Trott the ablest cal)le engineer now living, is 

 aide to perform marvellous feats. 



LENGTHS OF CABLES. 



The following figures show the length.s of the caliles : — 



The Anolo-Americax Co's Cables. 

 Laid. Between. Nl. lus. 



1873 — Ireland and Newfoundland .... 1,881 

 " — Newfoundland, rid St. Pierre & Cape Breton 293 



2,-174 



1874— Ireland and Newfoundland .... 1,840 

 1873— Newfoundland and Sydney, C. B. . . 343 



2,183 



1880— Ireland and Newfoundland .... 1,886 

 " — Newfoundland, ria St. Pierre & Cape Breton 360 



2,246 



1869— France and St. Pierre 2,648 



« _St. Pierre and Massachu.setts, U. S. . . 759 



3,407 



The Direct Uxited States Co'.s Cables. 

 1874— Ireland and Nova Scotia .... 2,423 

 " — Nova Scotia and New Hampshire, V. S. . 560 



2,983 



Compagnie Fraxcai.se Paris a New York Cables. 



1879— France and St. Pierre 2,242 



» _St. Pierre and Cape Breton .... 188 

 " — St. Pierre and Massachussets, U. S. . . 827 



3,25r 



