The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-09

him, LoBi induced him TO shoot the arrow
at Bsldr, who fell, shot through the heart.
'Odin mourued three days, and then he
ordered that Baldr's body be carried 60 tho
ssashore aud be placed upon the ship String
hOlmt, together with his armor, splendid
clothes and his horse with all its trRppings.
The ship was launched, and fire from the
friction Of the roller burnt it, together
with its contents. TO ashes. And Odin or
dered that all dead men should be burned
upon their ships. together with all their
property, and remains to be collected and
covered with a mound Of earth.
AN IMMENSE CREMAToRY.
"Of crematories of this kind the ship
grave ct Mokklebyst, Norway, affords an
excellent illustration. The mound ia located
in plain, in full view Of the seq over which
the buried ship used TO bound. All around
the mound is a ditch twelve feet wide and
three feet deep, which, on the south and
west, lie traversed by bridge-like dam. The
interior of the mound presents two layers,
one of bone spliDters intermixed with soil
and clnders, and the other consists Of cln-
ders aud burned remains. Over this a
number of objects were strewn, which
showed that here a ship had been hauled
ashore and Rayly decorated with shields
around its bulwark and with arms and
other articles Of war piled up, serving thus
as the funeral pyre of its commander.
THE remains in this instance having been
consumed they were collected in a flat
bronze vessel, together with some personal
property of the owner, consisting Of two
combs, oheckermen, dice and n arrow head.
This receptacle holding the remains of the
dead chief was placed In an excavation 3
the bottom of the mound. Above it a mum
Der Of articles were piled. In an Unframed
goatskin were found the unburnt remains
OF animal bones, possibly the portion as
asr. 81. a
feast for his long journey to Walhalla. The
bottom of the mound was covered with
hundreds of nails, mountinRs, mast rings,
anchors, shields and other things.
ANOTHER MODE OF BURIAL.
"In another kind Of Morse burial the body
was placed in the ship without being burned
the entire vessel being covered with earth
80 as to form a large mound. The best
known example of this style Of interment is
afforded by the buried ship at Gokstad. An
excavation of this mound, conducted with
great care by opening passagewey through
the middle, rewarded the scientific explorers
by revealing an entire ship, so feet in
length. In the middle Of the ship was
large grave chamber Of wood, In the form
Of span roof with gable In which the re
mains Of the dead we're deposited. The
spot for the mound was required to
have a free view OF the sea. After
ulRBluR away Lue bOH from tue
place chosen the ship was drawn thither
by horses and lowered with its stem sea-
ward into the excavation, being stayed on
each side with struts. The sepulchral
chamber was then built. When IL was
ready, the corpse, arrayed in state attire
and grit with arms, was drawn TO the
ground, introduced into the chamber
through an opening temporarily left for
that purpose, and laid on a couch within
The opening was then permanently closed.
Finally, animals were slain and, together
with other articles that had belonged to the
deceased, were laid In the remaining unoo
cupied parts of the vessel, Its entire hold.
with the exception of the sepulchral cham
Der, being filled up with clay. The surface
OF the clay was in turn covered with layer
Of moss and hazel branches, the mound was
heaped over IL and all was finished"