will show not merely how wonderfully has this Viking type prevailed up till to-day, but how the tiller also has altered only very slightly. From the stern of the Gogstad ship will be noticed the rope for pulling up the rudder clear of the water-line (as in St Paul’s ship) so as to avoid damage when beaching. The steering side was of course always the starboard, whence this word originates. On this side the reader will notice the oar-holes mentioned above. The class to which this Gogstad ship belongs is that of the _skuta_, which was extensively used in Norway. Such craft as these, though they were not the biggest of the Viking ships, were nevertheless of great speed. The actual word _skuta_ indicates “to shoot,” in the sense of passing speedily. No doubt the familiar Dutch craft _schuyt_ is, at least in name, derived from this. [Illustration: FIG. 29. THE GOGSTAD VIKING SHIP. _Photo. O. Voering, Christiania._] [Illustration: FIG. 30. NORWEGIAN SHIP.] Being an open ship it was customary to stretch a tent, called a _tjald_, over the vessel under which the crew could sleep at night or shelter in bad weather. This was extended by means of cords and wooden stretchers. A pair of these latter have been found in the Gogstad ship with carved figureheads. Very similar to the ships depicted in the Bayeux tapestry, as we shall presently see, the Gogstad ship may be regarded as a typical Viking ship, such as we are accustomed to read of in the literature of the Sagas. [Illustration: FIG. 31. RUSSIAN SHIP.]