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strjálbýla landi. En það voru einmitt þrengingar þjóð-
arinnar, er urðu tilefni þess, að nauðsyn þótti bera til
að grannskoða svo hagi hennar. Reyndist mannfjöldinn
á landinu árið 1703 vera 50.358, og er þá byggt á útgáfu
Þorsteins Þorsteinssonar, fyrrv. hagstoíustjóra, á mann-
talinu.1)
Þótt ómetanlegur sé sá fróðleikur um hagi landsmanna,
er þeir Ámi Magnússon og Páll Vídalín drógu saman,
leiddi sendiför þeirra á engan hátt til betri tíma. Á
meðan þeir voru enn að verki sínu, reið yfir landið
ein hin mesta farsótt, er sögur fara af, stórabóla, árið
1707. Engar tölur, er vel sé á treystandi, eru til um mann-
fall í bólunni, en flestir hallast að því, þar á meðal
Hannes Finnsson, að það hafi numið 18 þús. manns.
Þótt líklegt megi telja, að frekar sé hér reiknað of en
van, er harla líklegt, að mannfólk á íslandi hafi aldrei
orðið færra, síðan land byggðist, en eftir þetta áfall.
Átti efnahag landsins þó enn eftir að hnigna að miklum
mun. Nýrra stóráfalla er að vísu ekki getið fyrr en í
harðindunum upp úr miðri öldinni, en hagur landsins
var engu að síður í sífelldri hnignun fyrir því ofurefli,
sem við var að etja.
Sú var gæfa íslenzku þjóðarinnar, að hún brotnaði
elcki undir þessu fargi, heldur reis til viðnáms og til
undirbúnings þeirrar sóknar, er átti eftir að leiða hana
út úr ógöngum, þótt síðar yrði. Og þrátt fyrir kröpp
kjör fóstraði ísland á fyrri helmingi aldarinnar hóp
óvenjulegra gáfu- og mannkostamanna, Jón Eiríksson,
Skúla Magnússon, Eggert Ólafsson, Bjarna Pálsson, Björn
Halldórsson, Ólaf Stefánsson og Hannes Finnsson. Var
1) í flestum eldri ritum er mannfjöldinn 1703 talinn 50.444,
og er þá stuðzt við talningu Skúla Magnússonar. Hannes
Finnsson notar sömu tölu, en nefnir einnig aðra talningu, er
gaf hærri tölu, sjá 298. skýringargrein og töflu á 165. blaðsíðu.
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