This was his design.
But how was this design to be accomplished?
Though his so-called act of _treason_ had been pardoned, and he was now free to return within the limits of the colony, he was ill prepared for such a purpose.

His poor wasted stock would not suffice to set him up within the settlements.

It would scarce keep him a month.

To return would be to return a beggar! Reflections of this kind sometimes gave him anxiety.

But they also added energy to his disposition, and rendered him more eager to overcome the obstacles before him.
During the present year he had been very industrious.