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APPENDI 
N° 8. 
COPY OF A LETTER FROM THE HONORABLE CAP¬ 
TAIN JONES TO REAR-ADMIRAL SIR EDWARD 
NEAGLE, COMMANDER IN CHIEF, ftc., #c„ *c. 
His Majesty's Sloop, Talbot, Reikevig Bay, 
Iceland , August 23, 1809. 
Sir., 
I have to acquaint you that, owing to extremely 
bad weather, I had no communication with this 
island until the 5 th of August, when I anchored 
for a few hours in Oreback bay. I was there in¬ 
formed that there were three English vessels at 
this place, and that an English merchant had be¬ 
come governor of the island. On the 8th I an¬ 
chored in Havnfiord bay to water, when I learned 
that Mr. Phelps, an English merchant, and the 
owner of the Margaret and Anne letter of marque, 
had made Count Tramp, the Danish governor of 
the island, prisoner, and that Mr. Jorgensen (a 
Danish gentleman brought from England by Mr. 
Phelps) had taken upon him the government of 
the island; but that it was not satisfactory to the 
inhabitants, in consequence of his former situa¬ 
tions in life. I came here on the 14 th from 
Havnfiord, for the purpose of being better in¬ 
formed upon this subject, as well as for the sake 
of repairing my rigging. On entering the harbor 
I found at anchor the Margaret and Anne pri¬ 
vateer with two or three other vessels, and saw 
