The history of the parish of Preston in Amounderness in the county of Lancaster . Section of N°I Section of N?2 Boat liOATS FOUND AT IKESTON. General History. 5 description of its appearance when first exhumed : the stern was placedat the root end of a tree, and was closed by a stern board, almostentirely decayed, and which seems to have been composed of two planks,each half-an-inch thick, inserted parallel to each other in a groove at thesides and at the bottom. The length over all is 8 ft. 8 in.; abaft thestern board are two holes, one at each side, if inches in width at
The history of the parish of Preston in Amounderness in the county of Lancaster . Section of N°I Section of N?2 Boat liOATS FOUND AT IKESTON. General History. 5 description of its appearance when first exhumed : the stern was placedat the root end of a tree, and was closed by a stern board, almostentirely decayed, and which seems to have been composed of two planks,each half-an-inch thick, inserted parallel to each other in a groove at thesides and at the bottom. The length over all is 8 ft. 8 in.; abaft thestern board are two holes, one at each side, if inches in width at the top of the stern board inside is i ft. 7 in. Thegreatest width is at a distance of 5 ft. 5 in. from the end of theprow, where the boat is 2 ft. 6 in. across measuring from outside thegunwale. At 2 ft. 6 in. from the prow, the boat is 2 ft. i in. across, andat 14 in. it is i ft. 2 in. The greatest depth being 11^ in. The prowprojects 10 in. forward of the dug-out portions in a sort of nozzle, in theunder part of which is a round hole i^ in. in diameter. In the bottom,which is flat, and
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