Ka Nupepa Elele, Volume VIII, Number 26, 25 December 1886 — Na Kumulaau [ARTICLE]

Na Kumulaau

nui na kamaiiio iioko e na dupopu haolo e piji aua i ke kanu aria ī na iaau, a he mea maikai ia. Ikg mauawa nui o na kumu laaa ma k«ia Paeaina, ua laupai ka aiua. He ula, pu na laau me na kanaka; ke make ua laan a naloo ka aina, e make aoa ka lahui a haalele na kaiiaka a hele ma na aiua e. Ke ulu na iaau a paa ka aina me na ululaau, e kahe aua ka wai o na kahawai, a o mahuahua auu ka ai. Aka, o noonoQ ana makeu uo kekahi kumu laau, oia hoi ka alaui. Aole o ke kope oi o ka maikai ma ka homia nei ka mea nlu walo no ma Hawaii uei, aka, o ka alaui oi o ka maikai a me ka ouo kekahi. 110 awaawa ko Kalepoui ke hookuko ia me ke kakou uei, a< aohe i like ka maikai oko Kahiki 'alani m« ko kakou. Jf»laila, olelo nei makou,! e kaau kt kauaka Hawaii i ua laau, a i o kanaka kekahi o ua Aiua e, | i.oa laau hua a mē na laau I

Aka, ke koi nei inakou i oa kanaka Hawaii a pau e kanu i ua laau alam, a o ka oi lpa aku i umi kuma alaui i keia makahiki ae; ake ulu, e hiki aua iaia ke oleio ae me ka haahoo, naua i kanu ia xnau laan; a iua paha e make aku ia, e hiki aua i koua mau makamakn ke kuhikuhi i ua kumu alani nei ma ka auo he kia hoomanao no ka mea naua i kana.

lua paha « kanu ana hoekahi kanaka n« ia mea, alaila, c loaa ana ia m&koti ka pomaikui. i

He nui na olelo a ka po© kalalolelo hoine, aka, bo olelo aku uoi makou, owai ka naauao a owui kai haua poao r