Ke Au Okoa, Volume VII, Number 27, 19 October 1871 — No Bagdad. [ARTICLE]

No Bagdad.

Ma ka nupepa puka mahina, ka St. Āni' dreu)'s Magaz*ne i hoopaUam ma ka luakini Bihopa o Hooololu oei, i iKe iho ai makou'i kekahi mau mea e pili aoa ia Bagadada kekahi knlanakauhnlie kahiko, a penei uo ia: O ke kulanakaahale o Bagad«da ma Tureke Asia, aia do ia malooa oha muliwai Tig:ris, he elua haaeri mile maluna aku o kooa wahi e honkui ai me ka maliwai Euparate. Ua hoopuoiia ua kulanakauh<!r nei me na Uau pama, a me aa ku.upaku o koaa mau haneri luakioi Ma«omeda ; a ke nana niai kahi mamao aku n«i, ua olioolino w&ikai kooa iti huulala. Aku, ma ka hookokoke ana aku, ua hooniaopopo lea la mai ka ekaeka o kona mau hale i kukuluia me na pohaku ula; a oia ka oiea e kipaku aku i kooa ano nani. Ona hale he aoo haahaa. ona alanui he lepo, a aohe i kipapaia, a he ololi launa ule e hiki ai ina lio elua ke hele papa. Ona hale wale no oka poe waiwai oa wahi nani, he mau ipuka i hoonaniia me na aniani o beniko, me na mahinaai pua maikai, i kanu hoopuni lalani ia me na laau alani pua moani ala. Ma ke Keneturia aiwa, ua nohoalii o Ha-roun--al-Raschid »a Bagadada. M# kekahi ilina mawaho aku o oa pa o ua kulsnakauhale nei, ua kukukuloia kekahi hale kupapau niaikai anani no ka hoomauao ana ia Tobeide, ka a ua alii la, a oia no hoi ka lede kaulana i hoopukaia ma oa kaao Arabia Hookahi T.iu3ani me -Akahi po. Ua oleioia e na moolelo paanaau, aia ma ua ilina nei ka lua kupapau o ke kaula ludaio o Gzekiela. Ua lehulehu w»le na hoouka kaua ia ana o uh wnhi nei, a ua aneaoe loa e hoohioloia i k > 1630 e Amurata IV, a ua haa wi pio ia aku oia; n mai ia manawa mai, e noho aku ai inalalo o ke Aupuni Tnrek».