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SUBMAKINE CABLE LAYING AND KEPAIEING. 



the cable-house. In this case, for several years ground had 

 been filled in in reclaiming the foreshore, and for several hun- 

 dred yards the shore end, originally under water, had become 



Fig. 209. — Hauling Cable End Ashore, 



very deeply buried. The faulty part being located in this 

 length, it was relaid so as to be more accessible in future under 

 the altered conditionp. 



Fig. 210. 



When the ship is away on other work and cannot reach the 

 ground for a week or more, it is sometimes practicable to carry 



