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G-abriel  G-ustafson. 
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of  the  principle  employed  in  forming  the  corners  of  log-huts,  by 
countersinking  the  logs  at  their  ends",  for  which  reason  Mr. 
Lorange  supposed  that  they  might  have  been  composed  into  a 
very  interesting  vessel  or  box.  The  find  belongs  to  the  period  of 
the  early  iron  age.  It  appears  to  have  been  impossible  to  save 
the  bits  of  wood,  at  any  rate  none  were  found  in  Mr.  LORANGE'S 
collection  when  it  was  added  to  that  of  Christiania  University  last 
year.1)  If  there  really  has  been  here  a  wooden  object  composed 
of  several  loose  pieces,  it  appears,  however,  to  have  materially  dis- 
tinguished  itself  from  the  Evebo  object  in  not  having  been  carved  out 
of  a  single  block  of  wood.  It  reminds  us  rather  of  some  modern 
popular  articles  of  which  I  shall  later  on  cite  instances. 
The  only  real  counterpart  of  our  "tankering"  2)  of  which  I 
have  been  fortunate  enough  to  obtain  information,  is  found  in  the 
South  Kensington  Museum  in  London.  When  visiting  London  my 
colleague,  Dr.  J.  Bkunchorst,  accidentally  observed  this  object, 
and  I  have  subsequently  had  the  pleasure  of  receiving  from  Mr.  G. 
J)  This  information  has  been  kindly  supplied  by  Prof.  0.  Rygh. 
2)  Mr.  J.  Sverdrup,  the  disco verer  of  the  find,  has  given  to  our  article 
this  designation  (Anglicé  "thought-iing",  i.  e.  ring-puzzle,  an  instrument  for  the 
employment  or  production  of  which  acuteness  is  required)  when  comparing  it 
with  more  modern  instruments  of  same  name  belonging  to  the  peasantry  oi' 
Northern  Scandinavia.  The  apparatus  is  not  really  ring-formed,  but  deri  ves 
the  term  ring  from  the  continuosity  of  its  parts. 
