Their wants seem to be extremely few and simple; and being excellent agriculturists and expert fishers, the land and sea amply supply these demands. Their chief export is raw sugar. We noticed some women at rude looms engaged in manufacturing a coarse kind of cloth out of cocoa-nut fibre; but from its appearance most of their wearing apparel is of Japanese fabrication. The parents are very affectionate towards their children--who, by the way, don't trouble their mammas for more clothes than they were born in, until they are about seven or eight years old. The earth teems with beautiful and profuse vegetation--for the most part in a wild state. Magnificent convolvuluses and lilies, rare ferns--of which I gathered, perhaps, as rare a collection--amongst them two or three species of tree ferns, great raspberries and gooseberries; and a very arcadia of flowers, lovely objects all for the artist's pencil. The women seem devoid of that quality we so much admire in Englishwomen, and which is so rarely found beyond England's shores--the quality of modesty. It is rather embarrassing, for instance, whilst bathing to find your clothes--which you had left on the beach--the centre of an admiring and criticising crowd of ladies, handling and trying on each separate article of your rather intricate wardrobe, and wishing, no doubt, the owner would swim to shore and help them in their efforts. Such unaffected simplicity and ingenuousness is most refreshing to witness. How extremely alike child nature is all over the world! Observing a little half-famished girl in a canoe alongside, I handed her a piece of jam tart through the port. At first she was at a loss what to do with it, but soon following out an universal law in such cases, she ventured to put it to her mouth. The result may be expected; for no matter how widely tastes differ, every child likes jam. It was real good to see the hearty way in which that copper-skinned maid smacked her tiny cherry lips, and looked her grateful thanks through her great lustrous almond eyes. With the intention, perhaps, of sharing the delicacy with her brothers and sisters, who shall say? she carefully wrapped up the remainder, and placed it inside her only garment. How often, dear reader, have you and I not done similarly at school feasts? Though this little Loo-Choo's heart was willing, the flesh was weak; the parcel was again taken out, re-examined, and re-tasted--but with evident reluctance--till, finally, after a few ineffectual efforts to overcome selfishness, the whole was consumed. It is satisfactory to be able to write that in their dealings with this simple people our men acted always with kindness and consideration; paying, or offering payment--for it was generally refused--for everything they had. The arrival of the "Swift" with our mails was the signal for our departure from pleasant Loo-Choo.