Myth of the Ship-holder. . 305 



layer of fresh water are all moving forward at the same rate. 

 Little^ if any, of the rudder reaches down into the under- 

 lying salt water, and hence the vessel loses steerage. 



There is little else to be said eoncerning Ekman's claim 

 to have explained dead-water. He had done so in a wonder- 

 fully clear and explicit manner. In his paper he refers to 

 the Myth of the Eeheueis, and notes that the phenomenon 

 of dead-water effectually clears it up. So it does, and 

 another myth of the ancients is dissii)ated in thin air under 

 the searching investigation of modern science. 



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