Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XIX, Number 43, 23 October 1880 — Ka Mokumahu Nanea o ka Emepera o Rusia. [ARTICLE]

Ka Mokumahu Nanea o ka Emepera o Rusia.

tJ» kipili ia mai oei kekahi aiokumahu •no hou e ka Hui o John Elder Sc Co.. ma Gltssgenr, Eoelaoi, no ka Emepem Aieka* nedero 11 o Kusia, aona ka inoa Lieadiat he p«nīhakāhaka keia oo ka moku mua ma keia bot hookahi i ili ai a nahaha, he elua ae oei makahiki, ma ke Kai Efeele. O ke aoo o keia moku, he tike ofe kona hiohiona mai na moku e ae e maoWioki ana ī na «le o ka moana. O kona kino he ano like me kekahi mea opaka humaha. e (ike paha ne kekahi (a o kakoa i kapaia he vuxr, im kahi akea lea o ka moku; he 163 kapuai ks laola—aneane ekolu hapalima 0 ka. loa holookoa o ka moku, ooom na kapuai Bo olowi a oioi no ka ibu, a be pahupahu pu kooa hope. O ka hohoou 0 ka moko ma kona kiko waena, he 18 kapoa», a be 6 kapoai wale na ke kiekie aeo ka hoailona pfttena wai ma kahi haahāa io» o ka molni. Ila kona hope. he wahi kaomi wa» «ii)ka, nona ka īkaika aae, ma kahi oka 16 kapoai • looiM hana ia keia. i loaa ai i iia

koht fca vrai e hoohaoa ai ia toftb. tt# lo oaa mau k»!a, hewkahi iiri«»konu r a o m kiia i koe, be 1S kapuai ke km*waie «ni ka mea mai iwaena ma koot ik««, • ptlt tfia fca hema. He paiahalaha pu wmle oo o Ufo o ka iwikaele. nona k*a iii he 14,500 k«puai kaea. M*i ke kae aka oka opak», ua ano uhi-ke «fcu [a fcon\ iii iwaao a pii •• I» iluna a poai ka moku a hiki i ka palena wai. Aka r i ka hiki am ma keia wahi, ua in • te la, mamoii oka poepoe pio iloko. 0k» lihi ialo o ka uha-ke o ka optki, oa lik* ot ia me ko luna pk>, non ka hohooa knyo<t o na kapoai he 20 mai ke kiko «aeoa nti; a. mai kera wahi ae i pi; pololei ae ai kt kroo oki moku a puoi. Iwaeoakooo «ka oneki o ka moku, he *ihi akea ptitbtlaha, nooa paha na Kapuai kuea he 15,000. tlo~ ko o keia vrthu ke keena alii iewi, nona kt kiekie he 40 kapuii maiuni ae o ka Hiwai. O ka aoao iaio oka moku. ut kapiii ia nt ka hao kila waie no, a aa palua ia ke kio« 0 laio oka moku oona ke kiekie aoie e emi iho maUio o 3 kapuai a me 6 iniha o waena. Ma keia \vahi a kino laio o ki moku i palua ia, ua mahele ia iloko o kanaha maa kttot 1 holookoa o lalo o kahi palahalaha. Ma o* aoao o ka moku o ialo. he maa keena liiiii <ne na p«!e eiua e holo ana a puni ka moku* e hooknawale ana hoi i oa keena o waena a me na pto waho o ke kino oka moku iioko o knnaha mao keena hou. O keia maa keena mi na aoao, ua paie ia me na ptit pta ioa maloko o ka moku, a ua uhi ia i ka hao kona mau aoao mawaho o ka uha-ke oka moku* U\ hanaia na aoao me ka paa loa a me ka ikaika, e hiki ai ke hoonahoa aku i na ale hihiu hae o ka moana kai uli. O na keena o lalo o ka moku iwaena, ma« iaiia ka ipuhao mahu ame na enegtni a pau, kti ianahu a ine na lako ai o ka moku o kela a me keia ano; o na keena hoi oa na aoao. no na luina o mua a no na aliimoku na keena o hope; a o ke keena hoi iluna o ka oneki o ka moku, un houkaawale ia no ka ohana ali\ Imepeneia, ke kapena a mt na ukolī o ka Emepera. Mawalio ae o ke keena o ka ohana alii iluna oka oneki. ua hoopuni ia i ka papai malumaip paa ioa, ua hooiilo ia i wahi heleuma na kauia, wahi kau waapa a me na mokuahi a me kekahi uioku nanea uuku. O na keena no ka Emepera a mt kona mau nkoil, ua like aku no ia me kekahi o na halealii nani loa oka aina. Maluna at o ke keena hnoiuana ma ka oneki, ua kukolu ia iho ke keenn hookipa malihini, nona ke kiekie he 12 kapuai. Ma ke poo o keit keena, he kiowai i hoopuni ia me na pua ala o ka uao; a i hoohnlike la hoi mt oa keenn oka Moi Lui XVI. O ke keeoa ohana, ua hana ia niamuli o ko Kusia mau ano, a o kekahi niau keena e ae, ina ke ano kahiko o ko Beritania. Mahope aku o keia keena ke keena o ka Duke Nui Konesetanetine a ine ke kapena o ka moku. O ka piha uknnn o ka moku, he 7.700 tona, a o kona waihonn nanahu no eiima ia, 3,920 tona; o kona mau tona kaumaha, aole e emi malalo o 11,600 tona. He ekolu uoa i mau epnepa e hookaa pakahi la ana ena enegmi mahu ekolu, me ko lakou mau ohe pakahi. Ona manamnna okn epaepa, he keleawe oolea nona ke nnawaena he 16 k«piiai pakahi a he 1S kapuai ke kaawule mai kekuhi huiia a i kekuhi. a i hookaa ia e kona enegini mahu ponoi iho. oka ikaika o kona mahu, oa like me ka ikaika huki o na iio he 10,500, a e hoio ana he 14 mile i ka hora. Oka nui o kona mau luina he26o. E lawe ana oi& ekolu waapa mokuahi holo loa, elua waapa hoopakele ola a me ewalu mau wnapa c ae. E īke la 110 ke kii o keia moku e ko mt< kou poe heluhelu, ke maalo mui ma ke 'keena.