ILLUSTRATIONS 
Cyrus W. FIELD IN EARLY MANHOOD... Frontispiece 
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‘TELEGRAPH House, TRIniTy Bay, N. F., IN ae oe BAO 
A WHALE INTERFERES WITH CABLE LAYING. . . . 72 
CoILING THE CABLE AT SHEERNESS, May, 1866. . . 94 
THE CLiFFs AT FOILHUMMERUM FACING CABLE LANDING 118 
WOLETAM THOMSON, Lorp KEEVIN.. .. . .'. ...122 
‘THE GREAT EASTERN, WITH Escorts. . . . . . 148 
SPLICING THE CABLE ON THE GREAT EASTERN... 178 
SEARCHING FOR FAULTS IN THE CABLE . . . . . 204 
PREPARING TO GRAPPLE FOR LOST CABLE . . . . 230 
PREPARING LARGE Buoy FOR LAUNCHING . . . . 256 
