BRONZE BOA 7',S. 



III.-, 



they have been found with a shield of bronze and a le\\ 

 swords, hence their use in battle may be inferred. \\\\\ 

 generally several of them are found together, rarely less than 

 two, and sometimes as many as six on the same spot. 



A perfectly unique find belonging to the bronze age is that 



Fig. 84-. Bronze boats covered with gold. Nors parish. North Jutland. 



discovered at Nors parish, Northern Jutland, in 1885. In an 

 urn, greatly damaged, were about 100 small boats of bron/r 

 canoe-shaped, about four to five inches in length, placed one 

 into another, all covered inside and outside with a thin sheet 

 of gold; some have been found to be ornamented with con- 



