Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXI, Number 47, 25 November 1882 — MAHALO. [ARTICLE]

MAHALO.

Aia maloko o kekahi o na awawa mauka jx>no o Niu, nia kein mokupuni, kahi e uhi nei na laau alani, kukane, lemi, vi o Kahiki, ame na laau hua moinona e ae. He mau mahina i hala ae nei ka makaikai ana o kekahi o na makamaka o ke Ki okoa ma ia wahi, a ike maka i ka malu o ia kuahiwi me ka hua o na laau e kau ana iluna o na kumu kiekie. Piha mahalo keia pepa i ka }x>e kahiko nana i kanu ia mau laau maloko o ia mau kuahiwi anoano, i mea e pomaikai ai, aole o lakou wale, aka o ka lakou mau keiki kekahi a mc na moopuna. Ua ha\a ka ]x>e nana i kanu, aka ke oh neī ka hana ako la kou mau lima; he mau kia hoomanao hanohano na kumulaau kahiko no ka |x>e nana i kanu a hooulu. Wahi a kahi poe kahiko ona aina e, penei: u e kanu oe i ka laau, a e uiu no ia oiai oe

e hiamoe ana." Oka laau waiwai i ka* nuia ma kahi maikai, he wain*ai ia, aole wale no ka mea nana i kanu, $ka he [>on\aikai no kona jx>e mamo a me na hanauna e hiki mai ana, a he ola no ka aina kahi i uiu ai ka laau. Mahalo i ka poe nana i kanu na laau i ka wa kahika Mahalo no hoi ika |ioe nana e kiai nei a e malama pono nei i na laau i kanu mua ia e na makua ;\,mc ua kuj>una o lakou. Ua kanuia no hoi na laau waiwai ma na wahi eae o keia jxie aina. Aia ma Waialua. nia Koolau ae nei. mauka o a me Waihee a me Kipahulu i Maui; aia ma Kona i Hawaiu a me ke- i kahi n\au wahi e ae. Aka, he kakaika-1 hi wale no na laau waiwai i kanuia ma; ko kakou mau kuahiwi, ke hoohalikeia me ka nui oka aina t koe. A aole j wale ma ke kuahiwi kahi i kupono no ke kanu laau. Uono ke kanuia kekahi: mau ano laau ma na kukana o kakou e pili ana ina kahakal Ke ulu nei kekahi mau kumu alani a me na lemi n\awaenakonu oke kulanakauhale oHo> nolulu, aua hua kekahl Ke p&ipai hou nei ke Kvokoa i kona poe heluhelu e kanu ina laau> E mahalo mau ia ka poe hooulu i na laau inaikai eae maluna o ka aina.