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of the Margaret and Anne by surprise, as they 
understood the crew consisted only of twenty- 
seven men. This tale appeared, at first, too 
improbable to deserve attention; but, on the ar¬ 
rival of the Tatsroed on purpose to inform us 
that’he had received an offer from fifty Icelanders 
to join him, if he would raise the same number, 
and seize upon our vessel, it seemed 'necessary to 
put a stop to this projected insurrection. Ac¬ 
cordingly, Mr. Jorgensen, who had previously 
placed arms in the hands of eight natives, and 
formed them into a sort of troop, set off with 
his soldiers for the house of Assessor Einersen, 
who was supposed to be one of the chief movers 
of the conspiracy. A horse was taken for him, 
upon which he was placed, and, guarded by 
Jorgensen and his cavalry, was marched, or rather 
galloped into the town, and confined for a few 
days in the government house. 
Monday, Three days of tolerably fine weather 
July 3 ' were followed by one of almost con¬ 
tinued rain, and indeed, it was hardly possible 
to stir abroad the whole week, on account of 
Tuesday, the wet. I rode, however, one morn- 
July4 ‘ ing, to the hot spring, where I found 
a tent pitched, and as many Icelandic women 
and girls as it could possibly hold, sheltering 
themselves in it from the weather. They had 
