Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume II, Number 2, 10 January 1863 — He Hipopotamu. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

He Hipopotamu.

O keia kii i hoikeia maluna, he kamaaina ia no Aferika. Ua kapaia e na kamaaina o ke Good Hope, he bipiwahine-kai. O ke ano mau o lakou loihi he 14 kapuai, o na {illegible}, aka, he oi ae no ka nui i kekahi manawa, ua aneaneno like no ke anapuni me ka loa, a o ke kiekie hoi he elima a hiki i ke eono {illegible} he elua paha kapuai ke akea o ka waha, a o ka niho, na oi aku ka lohi ma-

mua o ke kapuai hookahi; ua ane like ka helehelena o ke kino me ko ka puaa a bipi paha i kupaluia, a he puipui no hoi kona mau wawae; he kupanaha no hoi kona ihu, he hiki no ia ia ke hanu i na e pau loa kona kino iloko o ka wai. O ka waihooluu o kona hulu ke maloo, he ulaula, a ina hoi iloko o ka wai, he ano uliuli, me ke ano puapili ma ke kua. He uuku iho ke ano o na hipa-

patomosa wahine, iloko o ka wai lakou e noho mau ai, a me ka po lakou e lele mai ai iuka o ka aina e hoonuu ai i na mauu palupala o kapakahakai. He laka wale no lakou aole he hae, aka, i na nae e inaina aole o kanawai ko lakou weliweli, ua like ka io me ko ka puaa, a ua pepehiia no ia mea e na kamaaina o ia wahi.