Ke Au Okoa, Volume VII, Number 19, 24 August 1871 — No ke ano o kekahi mau laau. [ARTICLE]
No ke ano o kekahi mau laau.
He moa waiwai nui hoi oo ka poe e noho ana ma kekahi aoao o ka poepoe honua, ke | lohe i n« mea kupanaha i ihemaka ole la e| lakou ma kekahi aouo oka poepoe. Ameīa j maaaolann i anni ni makou he mea waiwui j no ko makou poe heluhelu nupepa ke lohe i j kekahi mau laau i hoopuka mai i na me» ij like me kekahi mau mea i makemake oui ia i 9kanaka ] Ae, ina pela, e huli ae kakou iloko o na ] aoao kalana o na buke moolelo lnau o ko i keia honua poepoe. A e heluhelu Imui aku j no makou i kekahi o ko laila m.nu ai monioaa I imua ake akeß. Ua lohe nui oukou i ka | olelo kaulana no ka aiua hemolele, he "aina ■ e kahe ana o ka weid a me ka meli," i ka wa kahiko loa, a he mea paha ia na kekahi poe e manao wale ai he kahe io mai no ka waiū a me ka meli mailoko mai o na kula a me oa lepo hoeua oua aina la. A o kekahi poe hoi, e manao no īaHou he mea ane hiki " ole i ka lepo ke hoopuk» mai i ka meli a me ka waiu mailoko mai o kona mau inakalua koo-u. Ae, ma ':d mea ikemnka i hoike ia mai, he mea hiki no i ka lepo ke hoopuka o»r.i, .. noouhi u hookawōwo aku i kekahi o ;oa mtra like me ka "waia i meka meli." Ma Sikrli } ua loaa ho i ko laila mnu kuma-
ainaooiailoko aiai ona pua o ka luau a~Ji, he 'wai ko momona j like soa me ka meiī. U» hoiliili no lakou i ua mau wai moniona la a nui, a ua loaa ia lakou he mea momnna i like me ka waihona meli Ua hoike mai no hoi o Brnee i kana mea i ike ai ma Abasinia no na Uau o ia aoo. Ma Caracas i Amepika Hema, aia malnila kekalii mau laau i kapaia e lakou, he •' laau bi|ii-waiu,"-no ka.mea, o ke kohu n ua mau
lasu nei, ua like loa me ka waiu. Aole mt ka like ana wale no o na Inau me ka wnin, ma ke aiai a me koaa aao ma ka inu ann, aka, ma na ano eaeno a pau E hiki no ke hanaia i waiu b&ta, a hoawanwa hoi ma kekahi ano e ae e hanaia ai ka waiu. Ua oki aku na kanaka o Niga i ke kumu o ua mau laau nei, a kahe mai la ke kohu o ka laau, a oia kohu no ka waiu; a hana no lakou i waiu bsta, a lawe aku ma ni» wahi makeke ek-uai ai Ua Jilo i kuai nui ia, a mai lilō no i waiwai kalepa oi no ke ao nei, e hiki si ke hoopa'ipa'i ae i ko Jakou aina kuane.a me aa aina kalepa nui o ke ao nei, ina aole e hoala ia mai e ka manao lili ana o kekahi poe, Nokamea, o ka Moi kußi kauwa kuapaa ua hooweliweli nui aku oia i na kamaaina o na aina la, i oi aku mamua o ko ua moku manuwa hooweliweli ana .ioa poe ku&i kauwa. Ua kauoha ae la ka Moi o Dohomey e hoopauia ua .mau laau nei, sk», aole nae i make. Ua hoouka ia na kaua ' ma-o ole.—no ua laau nei ke kumu o ke kaua nna. Ua kauoha ia eka Moi e pulii ia na laau i ke ahi i kela a me keia makahiki. Aka, ua kupu hou mai no i kela a me keia inakahiki.
Aole o ia laau wale no kekahi mea kupannha i ikeia. Aia no ma Aferika Komohana kekahi laau i hoopuka mai hoi i keknhi waiwai maikai, he laan i like me na laan pa* ma ke ono, be like nae me he waina la kona kohu. I ka wa kioohi o ke oki uoa ak'n i ke kumu o ua laau la, e kahe mei no he waina ono moinona huihui, a mahope iho o ka waj,t_ hu loihi ana e awaōwa auaoei a lilo i mea ona; a oia ka mea inu ooa o kolaila poe kaoaka. Ma na ululaau o Amerika Hema, ina e hele ke kanaka oaa ia mau wahi, na like no me he malihini e hele ana iloko o na waoakua one wai ōle o Aferika. Iwaena o na wahi pohopoho o Uila, aole e loaa ana kekalii wai A ina e manao ana e ino ae i kekahi o na wai opilopilo o ua mau wahi pohopoho nei, he mea hoopilikia i>e kino. Aole he mau makaloa pohaku a me na puu aa e hiki ai ke mau ka wai maikal maloho o ia mau wahi i ka wa e ua iho ai. Ma keia <nan *»ahi, e huli makehewa ai oe i mau punawai huihui. A o ko laila punawai kupono e hiki ai •» oe ko imi. he aau lau aapu i kapaia he Saraeenia poni. Ua boohui ae no na lau o kei« laau a pili paa loa e hiki ole ai ke henio, a ua piha hoi i ka wai aliali maikai Ae mu ae no kainahele ia w»i me ke kena miikai. Pela i ikeia ai ko ke Akua lokomaikai ma ka hoeuU «aa Oai i n« laan o ia ano ma k»Hi e kiki ule ai ke loa« ka wai i ke kanaka, Aia no ma laia kekahi inau ano Uau pua aapu lehulehu, a o ka laau i kapaia Monk*i,<np<j (na kiaha kekiO, oia oa laau i ike auiia. O na pua o keia laao ua hoopnoi ia ko lakon ka« me na lihilihi «poi, « i ka po e ®i»oi no! Ukoo, a i kt» ao o mohaU 00, a e lilo ! ka waī maloko i nea mahu makalii, e hoo- ! pouaaikai ai i ke kino o k* laau. O na «apu | liiīii o keia mau lau ano pua, ua like ka nui' o ka wai iloko me akahi paiua. I Ma ka mokupuui Cmary kekahi kumu' Uau kopanaha ī k*paia. o ka Utom «im K kahe wale mai ana ka wo ma kona nun Ula 11 < oi* ka mea i hoouliwh<a a« kona mau Uu. Ua lana ka wai malaKi o knoa kumu, a he ' mea ane hiki ole ke maioo ka wai o ua wahi l
j la. He mau auwai maknlii maloko o ke kino |oua 1- ■iii i a hiki ina lala, a malaila no na kulu wai ena mai ai a hiki ilslo. O ua kumu laau nei, aole wale uo ia he auwai wai i hanaia, aka, he kumu laau no i haoaiai punawai piipii e kahe mau ana.