Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume I, Number 49, 1 November 1862 — NA PUALI KOA NUI! [ARTICLE]

NA PUALI KOA NUI!

O na mea mahope iho nei, ua unuhiia I noloko niai o oa moolelo o ka wa kahiko,! a maiia paha e nanea ana ko inakou poe i heluhelu ia mea ; no ka mea, he mea ia \ e maopopo ai ia kakou ka poe puali koa! nui loa i kukuluia ma keia ao. - j —O nui o na puka komo o ke ku- \ j laoakauhale o Thebes he hookahi haneri | | oo ia, a i ka wa knua, he 10,000 ka nui j | o na koa e hoopukaia ma ka puka hoo-. \ i kahi, me na kaa kaua he 200, pela wale j

•* puni na puka he hookahi haneri ke huiia ka nui he 1,000,000 ka nui ona koa. a he -2,000 hoi ka nui o na kaa kaua. —O ka puali koa o Trerah, ke AIH o Aitiopa (Etheopia) he 1,000 000 ka nui 0 kana mau koa, a he 3,000 ka nui o kona mau kaa kaua. —Ua alakai aku o Sesostris ke Alii o , Aigupita, i ka makahiki 1491, mamua o ka hiki ana mai o Kristo, he 600,000 koa, a he -21,000 koa lio, me na kaa kaua nui he -27. —Ua holo aku o Hatnilcar me kona aumoku, a lele iuka ma Palemo, he 2,000 j ;moku nui ona, a he 3,000 moku liiiii, me j Ina koa he 300,000; oka nui ona koa i make i ka hoouka kaua ana a make ai oia, he 150,000. —O Hanihala, ika wa ana i kaua'i ia \ Italia me Sepania, ua hoopio aku ia i na j kulanakauhale he 400, a ua pepehi aku • , hoi i na koa he 300,000. —I ka hoouka kaua o Cana, aia ia wahi j ma Italia, o ka nui o na koa o Roma he j j 800,000, a he 6,000 koa lio. A o ka poe j j nana i kue mai, oia na poe Carthnge, he ! ! 40,000 poe koa hele wawae, a he 10,000! koa lio. ! I ; —I ka hiki ana o Xerxes i Thermopyle, j 0 ka nui o kona mau koa mauka, a ma 1 ka moana, he 2,541.610, a ina e huiia; kana poe kauwa, haia wahine, a me ka | poe no a pau o kana huakai; alaila, e j ; hiki ana no ika 5,283,d20. Pela ma ka j moolelo o llerodotus, Plutarch, a me I Irocrates. —Hookahi haneri tausani koa hele wawae i make, a he 10,000 koa lio i ka w*a hookahi, ma ke kahua kaua i Issus. ! i ; —O ka nui ona koa o i)ariu, ike ka-! lua ana i Arabela, aia ia wahi ma Hele-; ! ne, he 1,000,000. Oka nni ona koa o ; Peresia i make ma ia kaua ana he 90,000. ■ lAoka nui hoi o ko Alekanedero poe ; ikoa i make, he 500. Pela ka olelo a; Diodorus. Olelo hoi o Ariana, he 300,|000 ka nui o na koa o Perusia i make i aku ma ia kaua ana.