Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXVII, Number 21, 26 May 1888 — KA MOKUKAUA IKAIKA LOA O KE AO NEI. [ARTICLE]

KA MOKUKAUA IKAIKA LOA O KE AO NEI.

I kela mau mahina i hala hoj>e aku nei, ua kuu ia aku iloko oke kai mai ke awa kapili moku aku o Pcmbroke, Enelani, ka mokukaua o ke ano hou a me ka ikaika loa iloko oko Enelani mau aumoku kaua, oia o Nile. Oka mokukaua Tarafalaga, oia wale no ka moku i ane like aku me keia moku hou ma ke ano o ke kapiii ia ana, a me na mokukaua Italia I)oria, Lamia me Mo rosini, aka, ua olelo ia ae no, aohe no ia he mau kumu e hoohalike ia at ka ikaika ame ka holo me keia moku Nile. He 345 kapuai kona loa, he 73 kapuai ke akea, a he 27 kapuai ka hohonu iloko oka wai. He 11,940 tona ko na nui, a he 12,000 lio ka ikaikaokona enegini mahu, a ua hiki ke holo ia he 19 mile i ka hora me ka maalahi, a he 900 tona lanahu e pau no ka holo ana ina mile he 6,000. O kona maneanoa mai ka 14 iniha ake kanalima iniha maloko o kona papu kaua, he 4 pukuniahi 0 97 tona ke kaumaha, me 8 pukuniahi ma kona oneki, aua hiki ke hoohana la na kiola poka ana me ka hikiwawe he 5,000 paona poka i ka mi nute. Ona lilo no ke kuai ana i keia moku, he $5,000,000 nn l'lo a Dau, a o keia hoi ka moku a Enelani e ku hou ai kana kaena i keia la—ke mau nei no ka rula ana a Beritania i na ala 0 ka moana.