After a few days’ further conference with this ancient friend, he brought me an account of the first six years’ income of my plantation, signed by my partner and the merchant-trustees, being always delivered in goods, viz. tobacco in roll, and sugar in chests, besides rum, molasses, &c., which is the consequence of a sugar-work; and I found by this account, that every year the income considerably increased; but, as above, the disbursements being large, the sum at first was small: however, the old man let me see that he was debtor to me four hundred and seventy moidores of gold, besides sixty chests of sugar and fifteen double rolls of tobacco, which were lost in his ship; he having been shipwrecked coming home to Lisbon, about eleven years after my having the place.
Eenige dagen later bragt mijn oude vriend mij de rekening van de inkomsten der vijf of zes eerste jaren der plantaadje, geteekend door mijn compagnon en de gemagtigden, die altijd goederen afgeleverd hadden, zooals tabak in rollen en suiker in kisten, benevens rum en melassie, de voortbrengselen van eene suikerplantaadje, en ik zag hieruit, dat de inkomsten telken jare aanmerkelijk grooter geworden waren. Doch daar in den beginne de uitgaven groot waren geweest, was de som eerst gering.