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the Danish language, with which they are all 
acquainted, rendered him of the highest import¬ 
ance to the success of the undertaking. 
On the 21st of June, only two or three days 
after the departure of the Rover, the Margaret 
and Anne came to an anchor in Reikevig harbor, 
and Mr. Savigniac immediately proceeded on 
board, where he informed Mr. Phelps of the 
obstructions * to the trading with the British, of 
the arrival of Count Tramp, and of the conven¬ 
tion between Captain Nott and the latter. 
Mr. Phelps, on hearing that such a convention 
had been entered into, remained several days 
without landing any part of his cargo, in the 
expectation that it would be delivered to him in 
an official manner, or would, at least, be posted 
* I feel myself bound to mention that Count Tramp, in 
his narrative, expressly denies any obstructions of this na¬ 
ture, referring to a document, which I have never seen, 
signed by five of the established merchants of Reikevig, 
dated the 1st of September, 1809 , “ by which,” he says, 
“ it is evidently proved that the accusations against the civil 
“ officers and citizens of the country are unfounded, and 
that they were invented and set afloat by the managers of 
“ the concern, only with a view of providing a cloak for 
themselves in the account they were going to render to 
“ their principals for the losses occasioned by their own 
misconduct.” 
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