PREHfSTORIC NAVAL ARCHITECTURE. 577 



what way tliey were fixed to the sides of the boat. A wickeiwoik mat 

 covered tlie bottom of the boat. 



"The fir boat (Pl.LXXV) was tohnably complete when first discov^Med, 

 and its different parts were brought on shore during the next following 

 day after it had been laid bare and the contents taken out on the 27th 



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KiS. 102. 

 Rudder of Xydam Boat. 



(CpiHil r,oin <"■ Enclf-hardt, 



Fig. 103. 

 Thwarts in Nydam Boat. 



enninrk in the Karly Iron Age.") 



October, 18G3, In order to jnotect the timber of this boat until the res- 

 toration of the oak boat could be finished, it was covered over with peat, 

 1 )ut before anything could be done to save it, the country was occupied by 

 hostile armies. Since then parts of it have been carried away, and the 

 last remnant will probably soon be destroyed and disappear. Sketches 

 of the most remarkable parts of this boat are shown in plate Lxxv. 



Thwart Support.s. 



C; Knelehardt, " Dpnniark in \\w Karl.v Ii 



"The bottom plank was al»out ol feet, 4 inches long and ended in two 

 points which probably carried long and pointed iron spurs; if so, these 

 spurs must have been louh-r ivater. 



"The side planks have clantps ornamented with mouldings, and cut 

 out of the same piece of timber as the planks, just as in the two oak 

 boats. The shape of the rowlocks is somewhat different, and they have 

 formed a continuous row along the gunwale (Fig. 100). 

 SM 91, pt 2 37 



