Ka Hae Hawaii, Volume 4, Number 2, 13 April 1859 — HE KAAPUNI. [ARTICLE]

Help Learn more about this Article Text

HE KAAPUNI.

Ua kaapuni iho nei au ia Oahu nei, a ua makaikai hoi au, io ia nei, e nana i kela mea keia mea. Pono paha ke hai iki au ina mea a’u i ike ai. Ona Alanui. —Ua maikai no kealamai Honolulu a Waialua; uuku na wahi ino; pono no ke holo ke kaalio, ke ole kek'ahi mau wahi ino. Aia ma kela awawa iwaena o Waiawa a me wapo o Kaukonohua, he wahi aa ia, inoino ka hele ana, no ka nui o ka waikahe. O kela wapo ma Kaukonohua, he mea maikai maole ia; aole naue iki i ka wai kahe; aole paha pau wawe ia wapo, i keia mau makahiki he- nui. O.ka wapo nae ma Waialua, ua kapakahi loa, a pilikia ka hele ana me ka lio. Ina i hana koke ole ia, pau loa i ka haule ilnlo.

Mai Waialua, a Koolauloa, a Koolaupoko, he maikai kau wahi, a ua ino kau wahi o ke ala; maikai nae ka nui. Ma Waimea he ino, no ka nui o ke ono a me ka muliwai. Ma ka pali Koolau, pono no ka hele ana o ka lio i keia wa, aole ino e likq mamua; a malalo mai ma Nuuanu, ua paa no i ka pbhaku, a nolaila aole poho ka lio.

O na Holoholona. —Nui loa na lio a’u i ike ai,he ino nae ka nui—wiwi, liilii, a pono ole. Ahea la pau keia nuaupo o kanaka hanai iio nui wale ? Heaha ka waiwai oka lio i keia wa? I ke kuai ana, uuku ioa ka loaa. He $10, he $20, a.$30 no ka lio maikai! Ua ike au i ka lio kauo kaa, e holoholo nei ma Honolulu, ua kudalaia, a he$10 50 wale no i loaa mai!* O ka auhau o ia lio, he hapalua, a nui hoi ka maiiu i pau ia ia, a heaha ka puka? Aka.ua piha ka aina ina lio iapuwale, paapu. He mea naaupo loa keia, O na pipi he wahi ano maikai i keia wa, no ka nui o ka mauu. Ua oi nae ua pipi o Mopila raa Kahuku. Momnna a kaumaha. O no hipa nae ana, na mea a’u i mahalo nui oi; no ka mea, he kino nui a me ka momona, ao ka hulu kekahi, Paina maoli ka hulu; nui ke kumukuai o ia hulu hipa, ke laweia i Bosetona. Oia ka pono. £ imi i ka hipa kino nui, a me ka hulu paina loa; alaila, elua mea e waiwai ai, o ke kino a o ka hulu.

O ka mea e maikai ai na hipa o Mopila, o ke kii aku i ha aioa <f, i hapakane oi ka maikai, a lawe mai ia nei, e hoolaha. Ke kumu ia e nui ai ka loaa. Oka hipa kino liilii, a inoino hoi ka hulu, he pono ole ia; aole puka. O na ilio kekahi, ua ike nui au i keia kaapuni ana; aole nae nui loa e like mamua No ka makau i ka auhau paha, no ke ahala,

ua emi iki na ilio o Oahu nei, i kuu ike aku. Akn, aolo pau iki o ka naaupo o kekahi poe ika hanai ilio. Paakiki no i ka malama i keia a rae ka Jio, Oia kekahi kumu o kanele. Ua lohe au i kekahi mau kanaka ma Koolau, ua pilikia maoli no kawi; aole ai, aole dala, ua oki loa, He ilio nae, a he lio kekahi a iae popilikia. O ka Mahiai —Ke mau mala kulina maikai maoli ma Ewa a me Waialua; uliuli loa ka lau, ke nana’ku. Ma Koolau aole.au i' ike i mahiai nui o kanaka. Ua ike nu malaila mamua;

a j keia wa, aole. Ninau aku au, no no keaha keia? Oielo ipai lakou, no ka hele nui o na kanaka ika hula , a haalele i ka mahiai. Aia la. Oka hua keia oka huU, he wi ka aina; pii ke kumukuai oka ai, pilikia. Akt hoi, ua aneane pio ka hula i ke kanawai.hou e hanaia nei. Ma keia kanawai, ma Honolulu wale no e huia ai, keAlaweia ka palapnla ae mo ka uku hoi i |10 no kela hula keia Ina pela, aole hula, a hula uuku paha ma Honolulū wale no. E aho ia maluhia kuaaina a pau; alaila, holo hou paha ka hana, mahiai, a me kela hanu keia hana. Eia ko’u, e hooemi koke i na lio a rae na ilio; e pale hoi ina lealea ino lapuwale; e hookanaka; e hapai hou ika oo, me ka palau, e mahi, e kanu, a halihali i kahi kekeOna Kula. —Ua ike au i na kula o KooInuloa, ua maikai no. Akahi no ka makaukau ma ka palnpala aina. O, ke kula o Kuaea nne ka mea oi loa aku. Ma.i na kamalii liilii, a ina kamalii nui, ua makaukau i ka heluhelu, i ka heiu, a me kn palapala aina. Ike maoli no. Mahalo au i keia kula no ka maikai. Pau. KAAPUNI.