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sparing in their use of lights in general. 
They have no candles, but use oil, and 
torches made with nuts of the Doodoe-tree 
(aleurites triloba). They have no glass for 
the windows. The shutters, which serve 
the purpose of admitting light and air, are 
closed in bad weather. For the most part 
pure water, but, now and then, tea, con- 
stitutes their drink. Cocoa-nut milk, and 
water sweetened with syrup, extracted from 
the bruised sugar-cane, vary the drinks of 
these temperate people. No wines or spirits 
are admitted in the island, except in small 
quantities for medicinal purposes. The water 
which they use does not come from springs, 
(there are none in the island,) but from 
reservoirs, or tanks, neatly excavated, which 
collect the rain. Of these there are five 
or six, holding from three to four thousand 
gallons of water each, sufficient not only for 
the consumption of the inhabitants, but for 
supplies to whalers, and other vessels. 
With respect to literary occupation, " You 
will be glad to hear," wrote Mr. Armstrong 
to the author, " that they are all well 
educated. The young men are instructed in 
