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EEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. 



structed and braced internal fiamework, fiiriiishing a resislaiicc. wliicli 

 the ribs alone could not offer. 



To strengthen the bulkheads vertical ])ieces {F\g. 140) ol'idank, in tri- 

 aii.yular shape, were inserted; in the sterid)oard three holes are shown 

 which were probably intended for the passage of the rudder ropes. 



Fiff. 139. 



Fas'iknino of Flanks. 



(Fri)Mi ,N. Niclmhiysen, " Liingskilx-t Ini Cioksta.l," Is82. ) 



Tlie mast rests in a socket cut in two large oaken bh»cks of the shape 

 of a iish-tail, laid amidships along tlie keel, the lower one extending 

 over four timbers and being notclied to admit them; the upper block 

 extending over six frames, admitting the beams and being litted to 

 them by knees or crooked timber heads; the mast is also steadied by 

 a loose slab which fits the oi)ening like a lid. 



Between the seventh and eiglith forward ft-ame a^ large wooden block 

 is x>hicedj probably intended to support a windlass. 



Fig. 140. 



CKOSSPIECES to 'iTKENOTHEiV BULWARK. 



(From N. Nicholaysen. "Langskiljct fra Gokstad." 1S82. ) 



There are three stanchions, of whicli one is fastened to the mast 

 block and the other two rest in a four-cornered step after having 

 X)assed through an ai)erture in tish-t ailed shaped blocks X)hiced between 



