Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume III, Number 51, 17 December 1864 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

No KB KANU - POLUPULU ANA MA TaHlti. —" Ma ka hooponopono ana poo oka Mokupuni o Farani e noho ana malaila, ma ka haawi ana i na makana e hoohoihoi ai i ka Oihana Mahiai, Aia lele patr ae na kanaka ike kanu Pulupulu. k He 350 ekn aina i paa i ka Pulupulu i keia wa, aole e loihi, e paa'na he 1000 eka. Uu hoao ia malaila, a ua hua mai iloko o ka makahiki he 1200 paona ; a no ka lua o ka makahiki, ua hua mai 2500 paona iloko o ka eka hookahi, a o ke kumukuai oia he $200 oka eka. tJ"a mahiia no hoi rne ka haahaa loa o ke kumukuai, he $25 a hiki i ke $30 dala o ka eka hookahi. Oka hua ,o Peru mai, ke kanu nui ia malaila. Kā pii ana oke kanu Pulupulu ma Tahiti, ma kahi e ae 8000 kana ka wale nd, he «nea ia e hoike mai ana i ka* haawi manawalea ana a ia Aupuni lokomaikai."

I ka poe e heluhelu mai ana i keia mau lalani pokole maluna, ke kuhikuhi aku nei makou o nana i ka ka Luna Pai olelo hoolaha, a mekana mau makana manawalea t e haawi hoohinla'i nei, no ka hoohoihoi ana i kela, a i keia wahi mea apana aina, ma ke kanu pulupulu ana.