Ke Aloha Aina, Volume III, Number 42, 16 October 1897 — KA PUUHONUA O NA POE TONGO. [ARTICLE]

KA PUUHONUA O NA POE TONGO.

O kekahi' ana kupaianaha !oa o ke ao nei, ma ka mokupuni o Tonga, ma ka moana Pakipika Hema, wahi a ka nupepa London Telegraphs, aia ia maialo o kekahi ahua pohaku i aneane loa e hoopupi ia e ke kai, nona hoi ke kiekie he 60 kapuai mai ka ilikai ae. He mau makahiki lehulehu i hala ae nei, ua hele aku ke keiki kane a ke alii i ke aiualu honu, a i ke kokoke ana o ka honu i ka puu pohaku, ua nalowile aku la oia, ua kali iho la eia malaila no kona hūea hou mai, a hik! i ka wa i emi aku ai ke kai, akahi no oia a ike he ana malaio o ka puu pohaku he 6 kapuai hoi ka hehonu malalo'© ka ihkai, Me ka ni'akau ole, ua luu aku la ua keiki lalio loko o ke ana, a i kona aea ana ae, aia o!a llūna o kā ilikai iloko o ke ana, a mahope mai o laila, ua hēle aku na kanaka e huli pono ia ioko, me tid kukui. Mahope mai o ia manawa, ua hoolilo ia kela wahi i puu* honua no na poe e mahuka ana mai ke lakou poe enemi mai, no ka'mea, o na poe ? kamaaina 1 keia wahi e luu ana lak«u no ioko o keia ana, a o ka poe hoi i ike mua ole, aoie iakou e manae he ana ko malalo e keia puu pohaku.