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The outer hull was of steel plates, carefully riveted into place. The entire length of the boat was about one hundred and ten feet, which in point of size placed her just about in the class of boats of this type which are being constructed to-day.
They passed this vessel within a distance of a dozen miles, and at this point were able to so minutely examine her with their telescopes that they could distinctly make out the figure of a man perched aloft in the "crow's nest" on the look-out, as well as the figures of her crew moving about the deck; but, although within such comparatively close proximity to her, they were quite unable to detect any sign of their being observed, which the professor attributed to the almost total absence of colour about the hull; indeed, he gave it as his opinion that, unless the rays of the sun happened to be reflected from the polished surface of the aethereum directly toward an observer, the Flying Fish might easily pass within half a dozen miles unnoticed.
Brock was a soldier of uncommon intelligence and resolution, acquitting himself with distinction, and contrasting with his American adversaries in a manner rather painful to contemplate. At length Hull reached Detroit and crossed the river to assume the offensive. He was strongly hopeful of success. The Canadians appeared friendly and several hundred sought his protection.
They are as much held from above as upborne from beneath. They are motionless, midway in space whether it is sea or air is not to be known. They neither float nor fly; they are suspended. There is no force in the flat sail, the mast is lifeless, the hull without impetus. For hours they linger, changeless as the constellations, still, silent, motionless, phantom vessels on a void sea.
You know also that of those twelve, eight have been prepared in the usual manner, by placing heavy charges of gun-cotton in their bottoms, connected with the bridge by electric wires, so that the officer in command might be able to explode the charges and sink his ship at the proper moment, while, on top of these charges, the hull of the ship was converted into a solid rock-like mass by filling her with concrete made of stone, old railway metals and other iron, and cement.
"This gives me a splendid purchase;" and he hauled in the rope, bringing the hogshead chock up to the hull of the sunken craft. "We are growing wiser every moment," laughed Ethan. "So we are. Lower away, slowly. That's it," said Lawry. "Lower away." "The sinker is on the bottom," replied Ethan. "All right; can you see the hogshead?" "Yes; you have hauled it completely under the guard.
You be solemn!" warned One-Eye. "We don't want t' make 'em all feel too bad, though," argued Johnnie. "Sonny," counseled the other, "we'll savvy how we oughta behave after we see how the hull proposition strikes the bunch." Johnnie agreed.
It would be necessary to spot the receivers and transmitters all over the hull of the submarine. An invisible sub one that sonar pulses would seem to pass right through, as if nothing were there! "Seems so simple now that I have the key!" Tom said to himself elatedly.
"Wall now, tain't my idea thet thet's exectly what's taken Newell. I saw a case of a man thet was taken under the preacher Finney. 'Twas over to Ithica. The hull town knew about it. A lot of folks went in. I jest looked in when I was passing, and seen the man meself. He was lyin' on the floor. His wife was aholdin' his head, but he didn't know her. He hedn't no knowledge of any of the folks.
"Why, you set that for north or west or any other way, an' the hull machine keeps headed that way until ye change it." "Oh, is that the rudder?" "No, that is fer settin' jest one course fer a long ride like's ef we was goin' north to the pole, ye know. The rudder's in here, 'long with the other machinery." He walked to one of the two doors which faced the state-rooms.
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