. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 574 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. the boat fell to }»ieces, sank to the bottom to about the same depth, while the peat, at the same time, grew up around them, eovering and protecting" them from destruction. The shape of the boat could not therefore be directly ascertained from the pieces found, and the sketches of it were not made until, after the laj)se of so many centuries, it had been restored to its original form iu the
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 574 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. the boat fell to }»ieces, sank to the bottom to about the same depth, while the peat, at the same time, grew up around them, eovering and protecting" them from destruction. The shape of the boat could not therefore be directly ascertained from the pieces found, and the sketches of it were not made until, after the laj)se of so many centuries, it had been restored to its original form iu the Museum of Northern Anticjui- ties at Flensburg. No drawing, however, can fully convey the striking imi)ression produced by the large, sharp, and well-built boat itself. "The boat is 77 feet long, measured from stem to stern, and pro])or- tionully rather broad in the middle, namely, 10 feet 10 inches. Hat at the bottom, but higher and sharper iit each end (PI. Lxxiv).. Keel Plank of Nydam Boat. fioiii C. Knglehardt. ?'Denmark in the Iron Ag>; "Jt is clinker-built, and consists of eleven oak planks, viz., five on either side, besides the bottom plank (Fig. 05), of which the keel form part, the latter being only a little more than 1 inch deep and fully 8 inches broad at the middle of the boat, gradually diminishing and at last vanishing entirely toward the sternpost. "• The idanks are held together by large iron nails (Fig. 90), at inter- vals of 5^ inches, with large, rounded heads outside, and square Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary. Washington : Smithsonian Institution
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