Ke Au Okoa, Volume VII, Number 50, 28 March 1872 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

Ma kekahi maa pule i hala ae nei, ua hoopuka aku uo makou no kekahi mau I mea e pili ana i ka Oihana Wai o ko kakou nei kulanakauhale ; ncf ka mea e like me na ano o keia mau la e hele nei, aohe hiki pono ke hoomaopppoia ka manawa o na kulu paka kuaua e haule mai ai, a hoomahuahuaia ka piha ana o na lua-wai © hoainu ai ike kulanakauhale nf>i. Aole i like loa keia mau la me na la i loa aku nei, ka hiki kupono ke hoomaopopoia he mau malama kaiu nui o ka ua, ahe mau mahina pamalo nele ua. oka loaa ana mai o ka wai i ke kaona, aole mai na kuiuu-wai lehulehu mai; aka.hookahi ponoi no kumu-wai i kaunuiia ai no ka hoolako ana mai i ka pomaikai o ke kulanakauhale nei. Ma ka nanaiua, ma keia kamu-wai hookahi, uaikaika no kona ho«lako ana i na hemahema o ko keia poe, a m« na huoe e pili ana i ke aamoku e pipili mei ana i ko kakou nei awa ; a ra& keia mea, ua ikaika ik> ka ho«lako kuakahi aha mai a keia kumu-wai.

oHki, i keia man la pohihihi o ka na a m« ka psm4!o &qr, be mea kapono m> ke hoomaopopoia oa aahele w»i. Cr laaa'ka m*Qa i kela a tse keia i oku i ko lakoa mau anhan wai, e lawe i ka wai no ka ina, ka holoi a m« ka hooka}>ekahe ana; aka, «a boosaaopopoia oae ka hoomii&aaaapkopoAo ola ana o kahi poa ma

ka manao ahuai wale. "•Ano, o ia mau ano hana ana pela, aole ia i kupono iki; ina, e noonooia. ana ano ha,pa īnai oka wai. He oiaio no. he kumu-wai maloo ole kahi i loa* mai ai ka wai e hoolako ai ia kakou ; aka,%ia na-- 'ioomaopopoia ke kau miiloo loihi ana, c.i.;uu, e hiki no ke manaoia e ane uuku mai ann ka hoolako ana mai aia kumn-wai. Ua hiki pono ke hoomaopopoia keia maloo ana o ka wai, oiai, ua maloo, a ua hapa inai ka wai o na kahawai o Nuuanu a me Pauoa, q ua kau liilii no hoi ka wai mamuu ae o ka halawai ana akn me ka moana. He mea imi koia a kakou e hoomaopopo ai iloko o keia mau kau pamalo o ka aīna, oiai, ua hilinai nui ke kulanak&uhale ma ia mea.

Ma ko kakou man kolamu olelo hoolaha. na hoopnka ae ka Luna o ka Oihana Wai i ka olelo hoolaha, e hooponopono ana uo ka manawa e hookahekahe ai, i ke kakahiaka a me-fee ahiahi ; a he mea knpono loa ia e malamaia ai e kela a me keia mea i loaa in lakou ka poinaikai wai. No fka mea, ua hilinai nui ko kakou mau wai |inu, holoi, a nje k;i hookahekahe ana maluna o ka lua-wai hookahi i hiki aku ka nui o na barela wai i ka 8,000 ; me ka noonoo ole ia nae o ka manawa e loohia ai i kahi pauahi, a kakou i loaa ai ka pomaikai o ka halawai ole ana mai *me ia "elele*' hoopoino. He kumu kupono loa i kela ame keia 'ke malama i ka olelo hoolaha a ka Luna Oihana Wai, a he kuleana kupono uo hoi i na mea a pau, ke ike aku oia e uhaiia ana keia rula, a me ka hoomaunauna wale ana i ka wai me ke kumu kupono ole—ke hoike aku ika Luna Wai no ia hana hewa ana, aoie he mea kupono fee kaukai ana, a aia wale no aike mai ka Luna Wai, alaila, hiki ke hoomaopopoia. No ka tnea, oka pomaikai, e loaa mai ana mai ua Ohe-mii Aupuni mai, he pomaikai kaulike ia no ka lehnlehu mni o a o.

Ma ke koe ana o ka wai nui kupono iloko o ka laa-wai, t liilinai ia ai ka lawa kopono ana o ka wai e kupono ai no ka lehulehu. Aole no lioi oia wa-le, aka, ina e ulu mai ana " d panahi paha ma ke kulanakauhale nei ; o ke kumu nui hookahi wale no e hiki ai ke kaohiia • mai na apn ana mai a ke "alelo ahi," o ka hookoe anu i wai mahuahua kupono e liiki. ai ke kinaiia ; a ina e hoomaunauna wale ia ka wai me ke kupoao ole a me ka ahaai ana, alaila, he mea no ia e hoopoino ai i ko lakou mau waiwai a me ko ko lakou mau hoa paha e pili koke ana. Ma keia mea, i loaa ai no ke kuleana i kela mea keia mea ke malama pono i ka ahuai wale>ina i ka wai; a e kono py aku no hoi i ko lakrtu mau hoa mai ia mau hoomannauna wale ana. oka heluhelu, ao ka malama ka pono i keia mau mea.