Ka Elele, Volume 2, Number 22, 17 February 1847 — HE WAI KAHE NUI. [ARTICLE]

HE WAI KAHE NUI.

Akaki no a ikeia ka w'ai nui ma kahawai o Molokai, ma ka la elii o lanuani kau mai la ka ua Ko- • Haule nui mai la ka ua mai ke a po o ia la. A po iho he lani i ka ua me he wai kahe wale la ii ke ao mai. Elua paha hora o ua nui ana pela a haule mai na li o na kahawai. Ua piha ke kawai nui mauka ae o ko’u hale a hu

ae la mawaho. Ua halana ae ka aina a pan, komo mai la ka wai i hale palapala a piha ke keena i 20 iniha. Komo no hoi ma ke keena ui, a haule hni iloko malalo iho o ka hale a kokoke na kapuai ehia ka hohonu. Kokoke hina ka hale kuke, a me kekahi hale iho, a ua hina ua pa he nui loa. No ka ikaika'loa o ka wai ona kahawai. Ua uhuki wale ia na mea ulu a pau a maloo, a ua olokaaia Aa pohaku nui a ua waiho ia ma kahi e nie he hulu manu la; ano e na kahawai i keia manawa. Aole weuweu, aole mea kumu, aole mea uliuli, o na pohaku wale la no ka i koe. H. R. Hikikoke.