The Daily Life of A Colonial Scientist

I am a colonial scientist. My name is Theophilus Enoch Zaccheus IV. I am a wealthy gentleman, which allows me time to do my experiments. I have no continuous daily life, though there is a couple of activities I do often. I generally study in the field of natural history, so I often go out into the woods accompanied by one of my slaves. Using the few rare or new plant samples I discover, I am able to earn a profit. I sell the samples to others of the gentry class, who plant them in their gardens.Doing this, I have expanded my family’s vast wealth. Though I generally study in the field of natural history, I have had a good education, so I know much about other topics in science also. Also, somedays I just stay at my house and study either my books or my newest plant samples. When I study books, I often study about Thomas Jefferson or John Bartram, because they work in the general field as myself, though occasionally I study others such as Benjamin Franklin or John Winthrop.

It is about twelve o’ clock in the afternoon and we are deep in the forest south of my house, when something caught in the corner of my eye. In the tangled roots of a tree, I saw something that was once ivory white, but is greatly tainted by brown. “Insimad” I say, “thee shalt uncover that.” My slave went to work. As he uncovered it, it became clearer what it was. “T’is a huge moose skeleton!” I say! I and my slave starred in the pit, and indeed it was. I measured it and it was seven feet tall. “T’is a truly amazing specimen,” I thought, and indeed it was! It’s antlers towered two feet high with a five foot span, it’s hard  hooves still sharp enough to puncture skin. T’was a magnificent beast. I brought it back to my house.