I lived with him some time, and acquainted myself by that means with the manner of planting and making of sugar; and seeing how well the planters lived, and how they got rich suddenly, I resolved, if I could get a licence to settle there, I would turn planter among them: resolving in the meantime to find out some way to get my money, which I had left in London, remitted to me. To this purpose, getting a kind of letter of naturalisation, I purchased as much land that was uncured as my money would reach, and formed a plan for my plantation and settlement; such a one as might be suitable to the stock which I proposed to myself to receive from England.
Viví con él un tiempo y así aprendí sobre el método de plantación y fabricación del azúcar. Viendo lo bien que vivían los hacendados y cómo se enriquecían tan rápidamente, decidí que, si conseguía una licencia, me haría hacendado y, mientras tanto, buscaría la forma de que se me enviara el dinero que había dejado en Londres.