Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume II, Number 23, 6 June 1863 — KA MANU OSTRICH. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

KA MANU OSTRICH.

O ka manu i paiia ma keia kii nona ka inoa Osoti!ika (Ostrich,) a manu Kamelo wahi a kekahi, kapaia e ka poe Arahia,oia ka manu j kii nui loa ma ka honua nei a puni. mai ka eono a hiki ika ewalu kapuai kona kiekie. Ua puni o Arabia ame Aferika ia ia, he hoho | nui oia ma kahi mehameha, aole he noho nm kahijpili kanaka. Ua like oia me ke Kamelo, ke ola ma na wahi wela 0 keone. Aole he | ikaika 0 kona mau eheu, he pokole wale no. a no ia inea, ua kaumaha : aka, ua lilo nae ia mau eheu i mau pea nona, ma kona wa e ! holo ai. Ina oia e holo, ua hiki ole ina ho mama loa ke hookokoke aku mahope ona. Ina e hopuia oia, ua hikiwawe no kona laka | ana, aua kauia kona kua, aua hooholoia e like me ka lio. He ano uuku ke poo o keia manu, aole i kulike me ka nui o kona kino ;he ! hemaumaka nui maikai no kona> a o kona hueio \ huUi maikai waie, oia na hulu 1 kauia maluna ona papule ona ; lii wahine, ame na koa. Ua noho lehulehu keia poe manu ma ke kula o Arabia, aua n'>i ka hua i hanauia ma kahi hookahi. Hc nui ka hua, ua hooliloia i kiaha wai ena poe kamaaina oia wahi. Ina e ike iho ua manu nei, ua hikiia kona punana e ke kanaka, alaila, o kona wa iho la no ia e wawahi ai ina hua a pau me ka punana. He keu 110 aka manu kupanaha.