Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXXV, Number 35, 28 ʻAukake 1896 — Ke ola o ka Ma'i Lepera. [ARTICLE]

Ke ola o ka Ma'i Lepera.

Ma kekahi wahi o ko makou pepa 0 keia la, e ikeia na olelo hoike a kekahi kauka nona ka inoa o Dr , Holmes no Brooklvn, a ua olelo keia | Kauka ua liiki Joa iaia ke hoola i ka ' mai lepera me kana laau, oia hoi, he mahu i hookomo ia iloko o kekahi pahu aniani i liookomoia ai ke kino o ke kanaka mai lepera iloko. O keia wai mahu, ua oleloia, he lepo-pele no ia i hanaia me ka noeau nui. He oiaio, ma kahi wa i hala ae nei, ua lawelaweia e kekalii poe Hawaii na hoola ana i ka mai lepera me keia laau i kapaia he lepo-pele (sulphur), a pela nohoi o Kauka Goto, ua lawelawe nui no oia 1 keia ano laau maloko o kana mau lawelawe lapaau ana no keia mai. 1 Ina pela, heaha la ka mea o ka Papa Ola e hoao ole nei e ikeia kekahi waiwai o na wai mahu o ka lua o Pele. kahi nui loa oia mea he lepo-pele (sulphur)? Ke ole makou e kuhihewa, j hookahi no manao nui o ka puholo- ! holo ana i ke kanaka ma kefa ano lapaau ana, oia ka hamama pono ana ae o na waha o na puka hou o ka ili o ke kanaka, a lilo lakou i mau auwaha paipu liilii e komo aku ai na huna laau e lana ana iloko o ka wai mahu, a ma ia ano e hiki ai ia mau huna laau ke holo i!oko ona wahi a pau oke kino. Alaīla, ma ke kukulu ana i kaliua lapaau mai lepem ma kalii kokoke i ka lua- , o-Pele, īna ke ano hoao, he hana ia a kn Papa Ola e iini ana i ka mana hoo- ];: o ka lepo-pele i ]>uka pololei mailoko mai o ka honua, i hui]>uia hoi ine ka ikaika o ka niahu mailoko mai o ka honua. »