Ke Aloha Aina, Volume III, Number 25, 19 June 1897 — KA MOKUKAUA HOU O IAPANA [ARTICLE]

KA MOKUKAUA HOU O IAPANA

Ma ka hoike a kekahi mea kakau nupepa o Laehna, ua olelo ae oia, o ka mokukaua nui a koikoi o ke ao nei, oia no ka mokukaua hou o ke aupum o lapana e kapiliia nei ma ka pa kapili moku o Thames. O kona loihi he 438 kapuai, o kona laula he 75 kapuai 6 iniha, a he 27 kapuai 3 iniha hohonu. Ua like me 10 kapuai loihi a me 6 iniha laula oi ae mamua o na aumokukaua nunui loa o ke ao nei e lana ana malnna o na ale hulala o ka moana. * O ka lua waiho nanahu ona aumokukaua Beritania* i ano like me kona nui he 900 tona nanahu ko lakou piha, aka, o o keia mokukaua nae e lawe ana oia he 1200 ,tona nanahu. 0 keia moku he 150 tona ka 01 ae o kaumaha i ko na mokukaua nunui e ae o ke ao nei. IJa uhiia kona kino holookoa me ka hao mai mua mai o kona ihu a hoea loa aku ihope, miwaenakonu o ka moku ua hoomanoanoaia oia a hiki i ka 9 iniha, a hoomaka aku la ka iahilahi ana o ka hao a hiki i ka i iniha manoanoa.

| E lawe ana oia he eha pu Ikuniahi nuf, he 46 pu kani pi napinai a me elima wahi e hoopukaia ai o kona mau tepido, He ekolu mau lapana naauao e kiai makaala la i ke kapiliia ana o keia mokukaua, oia 0 Kapena Wendj, Kapena Miyabara a me Kapena Tukuyama o lapana.