ICELANDIC REVOLUTION. 
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the town and harbor of Reikevig in a state of 
defence* an office he readily undertook for the 
security of the very considerable property he now 
had there* as well as of that which he still ex¬ 
pected from England. For this purpose a battery* 
denominated Fort Phelps* was formed near the 
town* at which the natives* in great numbers* 
and the crew of the Margaret and Anne worked 
with so much alacrity that it was in a short time 
completed* and mounted with six guns, that had 
been dug up from the sand on the shore* where 
they had long been lying; having been sent 
over from Denmark one hundred and forty 
years ago. 
The order for the confiscation of all Danish 
property in the island* which was begun to be 
put in execution immediately after the publication 
of the second proclamation* was still more vi¬ 
gorously prosecuted on Mr. Jorgensen’s return 
from the north. The property contained in 
the shops and warehouses in Reikevig* which 
had from the first day been secured by a guard, 
was now put under sequestration, and persons 
were sent for the more effectually enforcing 
of the decree to the distant factories* such 
as Havnfiord and Koblevig. Among other 
things, possession was taken of two thousand 
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