Ke Au Okoa, Volume VI, Number 33, 1 December 1870 — Na Moanawai Nui. [ARTICLE]
Na Moanawai Nui.
He maa mahina pokole i kaahope aka nei ua ano hoa ia na moanawai nui elima o Amenka Huipuia, amc he la o na moanawai nui loa no paha ia oka honna nei; a penei na haina o ko lakou aua ia ana: Ma kahi loihi loa oka Moanawai Noi (Snperior,) he 785 man mile; o'kona akea nui loa, he 166 mile; ka hohonu, he 788 kapuai; a o kona ili paa, he 73,000 mile kuea. Ea loihi oi loa o ka Moanawai he 390 mUe; oke akea nui loa, he 108 mile, ka hohonu he 900 kapaai; ao ka ili paa holookoa mai oaookamoanawai, he 23,000 mile kuea. Ea loilii oi loa o ka Moanawai Hurona, he 590 mile; oke akea nui loa, 150 mile; ka hohonu 700 kapuai; ao ka ili paa holookoa, he 20,000 mile kuea. Ka loihi oi loa o ka' Moanawai Erie,. he 590mile; o kona wahi laulanui loa, he 80 mile; ka hohonn he 84 kapuai; kaili paa holookoa, he 6,000 mile kuea. Ka loihi oi loa o ka Moanawai .Onētario, he 164 mile; kona wahi laula loa, he 85 mile; kona hohonu 500 kapnai; a o kona ili paa holookoa, he 6,000 mile kuea. O ka huina o ka loa a -pau loa o na moanawai elima, hc 1,585 mile, e uhi ana ika ili paa holookoa, 135,000 milekuea.