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purchasers # were to be found, nor could he pro¬ 
cure even tallow or any other kind of Icelandic 
produce in exchange for it; so, entirely foiled in 
his expectations, he was under the necessity of 
determining to remain himself in the country, 
and take care of his valuable charge, hoping for 
more favorable times, while Mr. Jorgensen re¬ 
turned to England with the Clarence in ballast, 
having previously restored the Danish brig to 
her owners. 
* It is but fair to remark, that the time of year, in some 
measure, prevented so ready a sale of the cargo as Mr. Sa~ 
vigniac seems to have expected, though Count Tramp attri¬ 
butes the failure to a different cause, and asserts that the 
ship was loaded with luxuries instead of necessaries.’—To use 
his words, f<r this little town (Reikevig) was now overstocked 
ec with luxuries of all descriptions, that could not but find a 
“ slow and tardy sale, at a season of the year when the 
i( commerce could only be carried on with the inhabitants of 
the town, and its immediate vicinity 3 for it is only in the 
“ month of June that a degree of communication intercourse 
“ and barter between the more distant towns and parts of 
(( the country begins to take place in Iceland. Of real 
te necessaries , on the contrary, such as the country wanted, 
“ and for which there was at that time in particular a de- 
“ mand, only a very inconsiderable quantity was imported, so 
“ that, partly owing to these causes, and partly to extravagant 
“ sacrifices and expences and to rash and imprudent specu- 
“ lations and general mismanagements, it was not long 
“ before it was reported that this new establishment turned 
“ out a losing concern .”—’Count Tramp's Narrative. 
