"Canning to Glass.--Latitude 51° N., longitude 17° 29' W. Cable paid out, 283 miles; distance run, 263. Insulation and continuity perfect. Weather fine. All going on well. Seaman fell overboard from _Terrible_; was picked up; life saved." "Canning to Glass.-- "_Noon (ship's time), July 16th._ "Latitude 52° N., longitude 20° 36' W. Cable paid out, 420 miles; distance run, 378 miles. Weather fine. All on board well. "Gooch to Glass.--Nothing can be more satisfactory than everything is going on on board. Weather glorious." "VALENTIA, _July 23d_, 5.30 P.M. "The following telegram received from the _Great Eastern_ this day: "'_Noon(ship's time), July 23d._ "'Canning to Glass.--Latitude 50° 16' N., longitude 42° 16' W. Cable paid out, 1345.24 miles; distance run, 1196.9 miles. Insulation and continuity perfect. Insulation improved 30 per cent, since starting.'" "VALENTIA, _July 27th_. "_Great Eastern_ steaming up Trinity Bay at 4.25 this morning; expect to land shore end at noon, local time." "VALENTIA, _July 27th_. "Shore end landed and splice completed at 8.43. Messages of congratulation passing rapidly between Ireland and Newfoundland. Insulation and continuity perfect. Speed much increased since surplus cable has been cut off." Mr. Field's own diary is interesting, but it is impossible to give here more than a few extracts: "STEAMSHIP 'GREAT EASTERN,' "_Saturday, June 30, 1866_. "Sailed at noon from her moorings off Sheerness. The _Great Eastern_ has on board 2375 nautical miles of cable." "_Sunday, July 1st_. "Started at 12 noon, under easy steam, through the Alexander Channel. Pilot left us. Squally weather, with rain at night." "_Wednesday, July 4th_. "Strong wind and heavy head sea. Made Fastnet light at about 8 P.M. Celebrated the ninetieth anniversary of the independence of the United States by hoisting the American flag and speeches at dinner." "_Wednesday, July 11th_. "Completed coaling _Great Eastern_ and taking in provisions. Received on board of _Great Eastern_ at Berehaven: LIVE STOCK. 10 bullocks, 1 milch cow, 114 sheep, 20 pigs, 29 geese, 14 turkeys, 500 fowls. DEAD STOCK. 28 bullocks, 4 calves, 22 sheep, 4 pigs, 300 fowls, 18,000 eggs." "_Thursday, July 12th_. "Religious service held at Valentia at 2.30 P.M." "_Friday, July 13th_. "The _Great Eastern_ and _Raccoon_ joined the _Terrible_, _Medway_, and _Albany_ at buoy at the end of shore cable at 6 A.M. "Splice between shore cable and main cable completed on board of the _Great Eastern_ at 3.10 P.M. 3.50 Greenwich time the telegraph fleet started for Newfoundland.