Fig. 948.—Scoop for baling water. ⅙ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 949. ] [Illustration: Fig. 950. ] Scoop for baling water. ¼ real size. [Illustration: Fig. 951. ] [Illustration: Fig. 952. ] Part of wooden chair, probably high-seat of a chief. [Illustration: Fig. 953. ] [Illustration: Fig. 954. ] [Illustration: Fig. 955. ] ½ real size. From Gokstad Ship. [Illustration: Fig. 956. ] [Illustration: Fig. 957. ] [Illustration: Fig. 958. ] [Illustration: Fig. 959.—1/20 real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 960. ] Heads of animals carved at the end of thick planks, the use of which cannot be ascertained; the lines are painted in various colours. ⅒ real size. [Illustration: Fig. 961.—1/20 real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 962.—½ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 963.—½ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 964.—1/20 real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 965.—½ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 966.—¼ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 967.—¼ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 968.—½ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 969. ] [Illustration: Fig. 970. ] [Illustration: Fig. 971. ] [Illustration: Fig. 972. ⅓ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 973.—½ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 974.—½ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 975.—½ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 976. ] [Illustration: Fig. 977. ] [Illustration: Fig. 978.—½ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 979. ] [Illustration: Fig. 980.—¼ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 981.—⅓ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 982.—⅙ real size ] [Illustration: Fig. 983.—⅙ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 984.—1/40 real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 985.—½ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 986.—⅓ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 987. ] [Illustration: Fig. 988. ] [Illustration: Fig. 989. ] ⅓ real size. [Illustration: Fig. 990. ] [Illustration: Fig. 991. ] ⅛ real size. The size of a ship was recognised by the number of its benches, or of oars by which it was propelled; so a vessel is often described as a fifteen, twenty, thirty-seater, or more, without having its proper appellation given to it, and the length can only be approximately given. In no Saga are we told the length of a ship, and only in one instance, that of the _Long Serpent_ of Olaf Tryggvason, is it partially given. Fortunately, from the _Nydam_, _Gokstad_, and _Tune_ boats we can approximate the distance between each rower’s seat, but the space varied according to the size of the ship; and the larger the ship, the wider the space, as the oars became longer and required more room to ply them. [Illustration: Fig. 992. ] [Illustration: Fig. 993.—⅕ real size. ] Fragments of wood from Gokstad ship.