REIKEVIG. 
291 
Previously to our departure from Iceland, 
another change in the government took place, 
which will be more fully detailed in the Appendix 
A., before alluded to; yet, nevertheless, as I 
have, in the early part of my narrative, noticed 
the seizure and deposition of Count Tramp, and 
the elevation of Mr. Jorgensen to the dignity of 
Stiftsamptman, it may not be improper here to 
add, that an agreement was now entered into 
between Captain Jones, Mr. Phelps, and the 
principal Icelanders, by which it was settled that 
the former government should be restored, and 
that it should be held responsible for the persons 
and property of all British subjects. It was still 
further stipulated, that the island should not be 
suffered to be put into a state of defence, that the 
convention with Captain Nott should be in full 
force throughout the country; and that, till de¬ 
finitive orders were received from the British 
government, the chief command should be vested 
in the hands of the two persons who were next 
in authority to Count Tramp, the Tatsroed 
Stephensen, and his brother, the Amptman of 
the western quarter of Iceland. These affairs 
having been brought to a conclusion by Friday 
the twenty-fifth of August, the Margaret and 
Anne and the Orion were finally ordered to pre- 
Friday, P are to we igh anchor in the afternoon of 
August 25. same fay j n the former we had. 
