Creating Writing: The Adventures of George Mason It was 1744, a young man named George Mason, sailed into the port of a tropical island called Agricola. George was a man around 27 years old, who was bored with his life in Liverpool, England. He had a scruffy face that looked like he was trying to grow a beard. All and all, George looked like a man with a nice disposition. When George arrived at Agricola it was a dark, damp night. The first thing he noticed was a small fire up on a hill, so he naturally headed toward that to see what was going on. Once George reached the fire, he found a very old man with thick glasses looking out over the moon