CHAPTER VII.
I BECOME AN UNPOPULAR CHARACTER.
I did not waste time in getting to work.

I had already written to my uncle, telling him my plans, and presently I received his consent.

I arranged that cargoes of such goods as I thought most suitable for Virginian sales should arrive at regular seasons independent of the tobacco harvest.

Then I set about equipping a store.

On the high land north of James Town, by the road to Middle Plantation, I bought some acres of cleared soil, and had built for me a modest dwelling.