Chap. I. 
TRADE OF NAGASAKI.. 
many little tables, and the whole plant had a most 
curious appearance. A man was at work upon it 
at the time, and I believe it keeps him constantly 
employed every day throughout the year ! 
Since the opening of the port of Nagasaki to 
other nations besides the Chinese and Dutch, its 
trade has been greatly enlarged. The harbour is 
now gay with the ships of all nations, and a brisk 
trade has sprung up between Japan and China — 
a trade which the quiet old Dutchmen never 
seemed to have dreamed of. Large quantities of 
seaweed, salt fish, and sundry other articles are 
exported to China ; while the Chinese import 
medicine of various kinds, Sapan wood, and many 
other kinds of dyes. The exports to Europe are 
chiefly tea, vegetable wax (the produce of the 
Rhus already noticed), and copper, which is found 
in large quantities in the Japanese islands. At 
present there is little demand for our English 
manufactures, but that may spring up in time. 
Although Nagasaki may never become a place of 
very great importance as regards trade, it will no 
doubt prove one of the most healthy stations in 
the East ; and may one day become most valuable 
as a sanatarium for our troops in that quarter of 
the globe. 
