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manner to the frame with bast ropes. In the frame are 

 holes, which correspond to elevated pieces on the boards 

 which are also bored through ; these pieces had not been nailed 

 to the planks, but were hewn out of the latter, which thereby 



Fig. 423. Oar-thole of red pine. ^ real size. 



Fig. 424. Oar-thole of the Nydam Boat. \ real size. 



Fig. 425. Inside view of one of the stems of the Nydam boat. 



had lost more than half their thickness. Vessels by this 

 peculiar manner of joining frame and boards acquired great 

 elasticity, which must have been of good service in the surf 

 and in a heavy sea. 



The boat was shaped alike both fore and aft, so that it could 



