Fig. 703.
Parts of perch of waggon with symbolic signs, Denmark.
Fig. 704.
Fig. 705.
Fig. 706.
Parts of sides of different waggon; with symbolic signs. Denmark. ¼ real size.
In this bog two waggons of a similar pattern, one of which in an almost complete state of preservation is represented here, were discovered. The spokes of the wheels had evidently been bent by heat, and the iron tires round them had apparently been bent by force; the pole, which was also richly ornamented with bronze, and the bottom and sides were well preserved, but the waggon of which a representation is given was more copiously ornamented with mystic signs than its companion. The following extracts from Sagas refer to the use of these waggons by the people. It is interesting to note that these waggons are almost identical in shape with the modern Kärra, used in Sweden. (See ‘Land of the Midnight Sun,’ Vol. i., p. 51).
Gunnar said he was ready