Appendix. A. 
DETAIL 
OF THE 
ICEJLANBIC RESOLUTION 
In 1809„ 
Trifling and insignificant as every 
thing connected with the politics of so small and 
so miserable a country as Iceland must necessarily 
appear, when contrasted with the events that 
are agitating the great powers of Europe, never¬ 
theless, as the government of this island under¬ 
went a total change during the short time of my 
residence in it, I feel, not only that my journal 
would be incomplete were I to pass over such 
things in silence, but also that it may reasonably 
be required of me to give an account of transac¬ 
tions, which fell under my own observation, and 
of which, as a mere by-stander, I may be expected 
to speak with more impartiality than those who 
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