Ke Alaula, Volume I, Number 2, 1 May 1866 — KE KIKA. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

KE KIKA.

Ua ane like ka nui o ke kino o ke Kika me ko ka Liona, he elima a eono paha kapuai ka loa o kona kino mai ka uuku a i ka hope. O kona mau helehelena a pau he like me ko ke Owau. O kona waha, kona niho, kona mau wawae, me na maiuu a me kona huelo, he like no me ko ke Owau. O kona hulu he pahee loa, a he onionio eleele a melemele, ano like me ke onionio o ka hulu o kekahi mau Popoki, he oi loa nae ke nani o keia. He holoholona hihiu hao keia a pani koko hoi, e pepehi ana i na holoholona e ae a me ke kanaka ke loaa iaia. He ano menemene ole kona, a he maalea no ma kona mau ano kolohe. He pee iloko o ka nahelehele a ma na wahi ululaau, a alualua, ilaila e hoohalua ai i kana mea e pepehi ai. He makau loa ia keia holoholona ma na aina a pau kahi ana i noho ai. He hiamoe ka Liona i ke ao, a i ka po hele nui e huli i ai nona, aka o ke Kika, ua makaala mau i ke ao a i ka po me ka makaukau e pepehi mai i ka mea e loaa ai iaia. He ikaika loa no keia holoholona weliweli; he hiki e lawe aku ma kona waha i ke kanaka i paa iaia e like me ka lawe ana a ke Owau i ka Iole i paa iaia. Ma na aina o Asia kahi i noho ai keia holoholona ai kanaka, a ma kau wahi o Inia ua nui kekahi ano Kika nui, i kapaia ke Kika o Benigala (Royal or Bengal Tiger.) O kona ili ua manao nui ia, i uhi hanohano a nani no na koki a me na noho o na 'lii o Kina a me na lunakanawai. I ka noho ana o kekahi alii koa ma Inia, ua haalele oia i kana papa koa i kekahi wa, a hele iki aku iloko o ka nahelehele ululaau. Ia hele

ana ona me ka makaukau ole i kekahi pu a i kekahi pahi paha, halawai koke aku la ia me kekahi Kika nui. Hoomakaukau koke ke Kika e lele mai maluna ona. Hoomanao oia i kekahi mea ana i lohe ai, penei: ina e nana wiwo ole aku ke kanaka i ka maka o ke Kika, e auuhee wale uku keia holoholona hae. Nolaila, haka pono aku no ia i ka maka o ua Kika nei, o kona emi hope no ia a holo ae mahope mai e imi ana e hoohalua iaia. Huli pono ae ka haole a nana makau ole aku iaia; pela ka hana ana a hala ka hapalua hora, alaila haalele mai ke Kika iaia, a holo aku ua haole nei i kahi i hoomoana ai kona papa koa. Ua like keia Kika me ke keiki kolohe, he hiki ole ke nana aku i ka maka o kona makua, a o kona kumu paha. He kulou ka maka ilalo a holo pee aku i kahi e. He makau wale ka poe hewa i ka maka o ka poe pono.