Ka Hae Hawaii, Volume 1, Number 14, 4 June 1856 — MOKUAHI NUI LOA. [ARTICLE]

MOKUAHI NUI LOA.

E hanaia ana, ma ka mokupuni Ilio, ma kela aoao ku like me Depepoda, ma ka muliwai o Tarna, makai o Ladana, he mokuahi hao nui loa. Aple ma kahi kapili moku keia, no ka mea, aole hiki ke hookomo ia moku iloko o ka wahi kapili moku no kona nui, a raa ka honua wale no r ē-pili me ka anaoo ka muliwai. Eia ke ano o keia moku: ho (580 kapuai ka loa! he 83 kapuai ka laula! n he 60 kapuai ka hohonu ! . E Hke pu ka hui o' keia me ka o 6 a 10 paha manuwa nui, E hiki ia“keia moku ke lawe i 25,000 tona! Oka hele ana apuni keia moku, he hapnha mile a keu, a ua paa ia malaila he 100 na kuakuihao p na amara moku. • He moku hao no ia, a ua maheleia he umi na keena mai mua a hope; he mea e hoomalu i ka moku, a ina naha kekahi keena, aole pilikia k‘a moku ; a ua papalua no hoi ke kino o ia moku malalo oka wai. Hp moku kalepa nō keia, e Uolo i kahi loihi loa, ma Ausetaralia, a ma Kina pahā. Hiki ia moku ke lawe i 2,000 oīiua apuni ka honua nei, me ka ku ole i kahi kuai. Ua maikai ke kino o ia moku me ke ano e holo hikiwawe; a o kona mahu, a oka ikaika o ka mahu iloko o ia moku, e like me ka ikaika o na Uo 2,500.