Ka Elele, Volume 9, Number 3, 30 March 1854 — NOKUPUNI O TAHIKI. [ARTICLE]

NOKUPUNI O TAHIKI.

Ua h.eluheīu au ma kekahi nupepa (ka Nu PIou) he olelo n,o keia mokupu.nl, Tahiti, Ua Ike au i kela pae ai- , na i keia mau malama i hala anei, Akahi mahiaa mo ka hapa ko‘u noho ana ma Papeeli i Tahiti, a ike au i na mea o kela aina a me kolaila mau kanaka. Ha aina maikai 110 o Tahiti, be momona, heuliuli, he nui na laau ulu. mai ke kuahiwi iuka a hala i kahakai, ne malamaln; ho maikai kolaila ulu a me lia niu mo na hua ono, aiani, wi, fiku maia a ine n,a hua e ae, O Papeet;i koiuila kulaaakauhale nui. Mulailana lii, o Pomare ma a mo kekiaaina Farani. Nui na hale maikai ma Papeeli, hale laau, hale kalepa, hale hana, hale Aupuni. Maikai ke awa ku nioku malaila, nui, hohonu pono ka wai, r- kea kahi e ku ai na moku, uuku k.a Honolulu, nui kela. Maikai na ala.nui’ ma Papeeli, akea kekahi. Ua hana ia hs ala a puni ka moku. He wili mahu olo laau malaila. Na ka mahu e hookaa kela wiH. Hiki wawe ke oio ana i ka laau. He ala nui hao kekahi malaila, no ke kapili ana i na moku liu a naha paha. Lawe ia na moku maluna o kela ala me ka hoohina ole a me ka hoolmli ole o ka moka ilalo, a kapīli hou ia a paa, uuku ka hana. He lahuikanka maikai no ko Tahiti ke nana aku i na helehelena, he nui, he ikaika, oiuolu, he naauao ke nana aku. Eia kekahi mau raea pono ole ma kela moku ma Tahiti, He palaualelo na kanaka, aole mahi nuii ka aina, o ka ulu ka lakou ai a me ka feii (oia he hua like me ka maia)-he mau ai ulu waie’, aole mahi ia. He haunaele ka !a Sabati ma Papeeti, he hana maoii no kekahi poe e lik.e me na la e ae. Kekahi poe kamana ha-

na no, kekahi poe a)nara hana no, a pela no ka poe hoohana hololiolona kauo kaa, e hoohana no i ka la Sabari e lika me na la e ae. Nui ka ona ma Tahiti. Ua noa na wai ona malaila, aole nui ke dute, a nolaila nui lop na wui ona i laueia malaila e na moku kalepa, nui na hale kuai i na mea ena. Nui loa ka poe inu aona. Nui na kane, nui na wahine inu, luu mauka, inu makai, inu a ona a hana I na mea hilahila e ae; Ma ka la Sabati, nae ka inu nui loa ana. Ona pinepine a nui ka ino no ka inu a ona. Iloko o na inakahiki he 20 o ko’u noho ana ma Oahu nei, aole au ike i na kanaka he nui e ona ana e like me ko’u ike ana ma Tahitiiloko o ka mahina hookahi me ka hapao ko’u noho ana malaila. 1 ko’u ike ana, uuku loa ka ona raa Oahu nei, he nui loa ma Tahiti. Pomuiliai keia lahuikanaka o Hawaii nei i ke kapu o na wai ona, a me ka duto nui maluna o na mea ona, ke laweia mai. 13. W. Paueka. Kaneohe, M(traki 21, lSo4.