Ke Au Okoa, Volume VIII, Number 25, 3 October 1872 — Na he kupapau towera o Palamira. [ARTICLE]

Na he kupapau towera o Palamira.

He wahi maikai loa kahi i. kokuluia ai na he kupapau o Palamira. Ua like me Paestuma, " ke ku mawueoa o na mauna a me ka ae kai aua like boi me DamaaeKo. ka noho popohe iluna o na ahua hikina o ka An-ti-Libano, e huli ana Ke alo » ka waoakua Ua knkuiuia oia ma na koemaka pali, e pili ana i ka waoakua one, a o kona mau lae pooioi kai kopi pinepine ia e na huna ooe. Ua hoikeia mai na wahi kahiko kaulana e ae e na peni a na poe imi aina he noi, aka, aole i hoike nui 'ia mai na mea e pili aoa ia Palamira, a me kona mau he kupapau towera, ka mea i ane iike aku me na pooa piramida o Aigupita.

Ekolu no mau he kopapau towera ma Palaibira e ku nei i keia wa, a me he loea la, ua llke no pela ke auo o ka hapa noi o na towera i hiolo. Ua kapa akoea kaoaka i ua m<\d towera ia o Kasr el Zaynah kekahi (W.ealii naui) o Kasr ei Azba kekahi o ke kaikamahiue) a o Kutr ei Aru (halealii o ka wahine mare). 0 ko lakou kiekie eha a elin.a hale maiuna ibo o kekahi, ua hiolo uae na alaoui pii i hoopill ia ma na paia o ka bale, a ua nahaha no hoi me na pohaku i hoonoho ia i papa hele no ke towera 0 aa poe e bele aoa e makaikai i keia man wahi, e p9uo lakou e lawe pu i mau kaula. me oa huka a me ua aUpii e hiki ana ke kiekie i ke kanawalu kapuai, a i mau papa kekafai~i mea kaupale maluna o oa wahi mowae, a me ua lua, a i mau koroba kekahi. I ko makou hele ana aole makop i lawe pu i kekahi o kei;t mau mea, aole no boi i lawe pu mai na karn*aioa He wahi manao wale ko'u, aia ma na hale maluna he mau kupapau mum» okoa ko loko, a me na waiwai e ae. 0 na mea i loaa ia'u, eha mau poo kupapau anuni, ua waiho aku au i ua mau poo la maloko o ka lihlo hoikeihe o na mea kahiko o Beritaoia Nui M» ka nana aoa o Dr. C. Carter Biake, i ua mau poo la, ua hoike ae oia, o na poo knhiko loa ia o ko Suria o ko Poioiki.i pMiu. • N.* k;» pokole o ka'u huakai, nolaila, hook'ihi waie no li a me ka hapa ko'u ««ho ana ;laila e huli ai i oa mea kahiko. He maaia-

hi hjß ka hooli.nalima aaa i na taiaaain4 « oie oa paahaoa taa Dam»BeJto, he hapawalo wale no <10 ka ia hoohahi, e ma kau mao wahi e ae, he ol loa aku. Ikala 15 o Aperiia ko makoa hoomaka ana e kooo i ua «tahi la, me aa poe kamaaiaa. He wahi o Paiareira o kopono aoa i ke komohana hema iki mai ka ioakini oka la aka, O na poe ka» maaioa a'o i hoolimalima ai, na wae mai ao ooloko o ka poe i ike maa ia Palar»ira, no k» roea, i ko makou »a i kamailio ai, oa bai ako 8u ia ]»kiia e hele pu lakon tne a'u i Kumr abu Sayl (Na haleaiii o ka makoa o ka waikahe) ka inoa maa mau o Palamirai kapaia > keia wa • olelo maila lakou me ke ano makau aole ia wahi he mao hale aiii, aka. be mad hole kupapaa.

0 ka makou hana roua i ka hiki ana, oa hookaawale mua makou i ke one, ka opala, a me na ili pohako one i hoopihaia ai na towera olalo, ame oa laa kupapau. Maiiope o ka hookaawnle ana i na opala, ua loaa iho ia ia makou na iwi kanaka, a me na iwi poo, a me na wahi o na kiao kupapau e mau ana no ka makamaka o ka wai hoolau me he mea ia i nehinei no ka hooiuu ia aoa. He kanaha knmaīiena nni o ko'n poe kanaka hana a me na oope a me jqb kopaia i hāo ai iakon i ke one a h«jokomo iloko o oa eke a halihali afe» roa inro wahi okoa. -t -

Ua hoomaka b«n oa paabnna i ka el) ana i kekabi ahua ooe i kuhihewaia he puu one ke oana aku, oua ahua nei he kaupako ia no kekahi hale kupapau i naha o lnna iho, a hookabi kameio i haule iloko i kekahi mau makahiki i hala. Mahope iho i» ko lakoo eli ana ua loaa ka hale, a me ke kahua olalo, aohe nae i hoopomaikai ia ma ka loaa aaa o kekahi koena kahiko Ike kelu o ka makou hoao ana e el», ua loaa oa ha a me oa kio woi i hanaia i waiii e hoaho ai ka wai, aohe laau mea aoo oui eae i loaa. I ka ha 0 ka eli ana, aa hoopomaikai ia ma ka loaa ana o kekahi mao kii kai-nka i kalai ia noloko mai o ka pohaka , <r ī O kekahi kii e ku ana noe na lauoho owili ekolu, a ua ako popohe ia ka umiumi, a he wahioe kekahi kii o na helehelena oa like me he wahioe negero la. Ua loaa no kekahi mau kii e ae, aka ua nahaha, a oa haule ke poo ame na lala eae o kioo. I ka loaa aoa o keia mau mea ia'u, ua l»aalele iho 1a makoa ia Palamiea i kekahi kakahiaka ae, a i ka ba o ka la i hiki ai makou i Dumaseko. U» laweia mai keia mau mea maluna mailoko mai o kekahi mamala o ka haioielo ana a Captaio Buftoo, k-a mea i hele e makaikai 1 ua mau ho kupapau towera la o Paiamira.