. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds part 4. GALLEYS IN ACTIUN. ment of the forty banks. The finding of themummy of Pharaoh Ramescs II. in its deserttomb explains, by its inscriptions, several histori-cal mysteries; and the discovery of the almostentire hull of one of the Viking ships of theNorsemen, in a burial mound near Christiania,encourages us still further in our hope. The voyages of the ancient ships were oftenlong, —for example, that of the Goths from Sicilyin the Mediterranean around to the coast of Hol- o* 274 STORIES FROM ANCIENT DAYS land; and, if the
. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds part 4. GALLEYS IN ACTIUN. ment of the forty banks. The finding of themummy of Pharaoh Ramescs II. in its deserttomb explains, by its inscriptions, several histori-cal mysteries; and the discovery of the almostentire hull of one of the Viking ships of theNorsemen, in a burial mound near Christiania,encourages us still further in our hope. The voyages of the ancient ships were oftenlong, —for example, that of the Goths from Sicilyin the Mediterranean around to the coast of Hol- o* 274 STORIES FROM ANCIENT DAYS land; and, if the writers of the middle ages con-sidered the statements of such deeds to be fabu-lous, they must have formed their judgment more. PTULEiMV S SHIP. from lack of similar ability in their own vesselsthan anything else. Compare the length andspeedy lines of one of the old galleys, and theirbeautiful proportions, with the tower-like, Chi-nese-pagoda style of naval architecture of themiddle ages. A mere glance at the picture ofthe Great Harry, or of some of the famousships of the Spanish Armada, will show the dif-ference; but when g, comparison is made of theseas for which the two styles of ships were con-structed, we may not smile at the builders ofthose towering, melon-sided old warriors anymore than at the seemingly improbable voyagesof the ancients. The blue Mediterranean was notthe rough Bay of Biscay, or the turbulent North
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