THE ELECTJRIC TELEGRAPH. 



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Fig 1 . 32. Dover and Ostend 

 158 



The form in which it was coiled in 

 the hold of the vessel is represented 

 in fig. 33 (p. 129).* 



On the morning of the Wednesday, 

 the 4th May 1853, the vessel called 

 the "William Hutt," Capt. Palmer, 

 freighted with the cable, being an- 

 chored off" Dover, near St. Margaret's, 

 South Foreland, the process of laying 

 the cable was commenced. This vessel 

 was attended and aided by H.M.S. 

 11 Lizard," Capt. Eickets, E.N., and 

 H.M.S. "Vivid," Capt. Smithett. 

 Capt. Washington, E.N., was ap- 

 pointed, on the part of the Admiralty, 

 to mark out the line and direct the 

 expedition. 



At dawn of day about 200 yards 

 of the cable were given out from the 

 " Hutt," and were extended by small 

 boats to the shore, where the extre- 

 mity was deposited in a cave at the 

 foot of the cliff. There telegraphic 

 instruments were provided by means 

 of which, through the cable itself, a 

 constant communication with the 

 vessel was maintained during the 

 arduous process, corresponding tele- 

 graphic instruments being placed on 

 board the "Hutt." 



At 6 o'clock, the process of laying 

 commenced, the " Hutt " being 

 taken in tow by the steam tug 

 "Lord Warden." 



The manner in which the cable was 

 " payed out," as the vessel pro- 

 ceeded in its course, is represented 

 in fig. 34 (p. 145), the cable as 

 it came up from the hold, being 



* This illustration, as well as that of 

 the deposition of the cable, have been 

 taken from the Illustrated London Neics 

 of the 14th of May, 1853, by the consent 

 of the publishers of that journal. 



