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niea hoi i olelo ia no ka auki. Aia ma Waipio he muHwai, a he mano aikanaka ko 

 laila, penei : I ka wa e hele aku ai a hiki ilaila, aohe uapo ia wa, ku iho ina kae o ka 

 muHwai, a kik)i aku i ka auki; a i nalowale koke ka auki, akaika hoi, he niano o k)ko, 

 aohe i hele, ina e lele pau loa, aka, i kiloi a aohe nalowale iki o ka auki, alaila, aohe 

 mano, ua hele i kahi i hele ai, lele ino a au wikiwiki, nokamea, aole akea loa ka; ina 

 e au lohi loaa koke mai no i ka mano ke ahikanana o ka moana, a loaa kaiala mea ai, 

 kani kaiala aka, ua loaa iaiala. 



O KA MOLE, OIA HOI KAHI MALALO O KA LEPO. 



O ka mole, he mea hana nui ia ia e na kanaka, a kalua i ka imu. Elua, a eko- 

 lu la, alaila moa, lawe ia aela no hoi i mea ai, i ka wa wi, a i ka wa wi ole, aka, i ka 

 wa wi ka hana nui ia o keia mea. A i ole he mea ai wale no, alaila, hana ia i moa 

 ona, oia hoi ka okolehao, i mea inu, na na kane, na wahine, na keiki ; a oia kekahi 

 mea e wi ai o ka lilo ma ia man hana lealea. A o ua mole nei no, he aila hoopaa lau- 

 oho ia, i ole e puehu i ka makani, a ua kapa ia hoi ua mole la-i nei he ki. 



O ia wale iho la no kahi mea i loaa ia'u me ko'u ninaninau ana aku no hoi ; ma 



ka lau nae kahi ka hana nui loa ia o keia laau. 



John Man a. 



NO KE KUKUI. 



O KEIA laau o ke kukui, ua ike kakou a ua hoomaopopo i kona ano, a me kona 

 helehelena a pau, oia hoi, he puipui kona kino, a he nui kona man lala, a he uliuli kona 

 mau lau. O keia laau no hoi ua ulu man ia ma na mauna, ma kuahiwi, ame na kua- 

 lono; o keia laau nohoi, ua ulu ia ma na mokupuni apau, aka, o kahi nae i loaa mai ai 

 o keia laau aohe wahi i loaa mai ai, he laau kahiko no ia no Hawaii nei. Eia na hana 

 a ke kukui. 



NA HANA A KA LAU. 



He mea hoopala maia ia i kekahi nianawa; he mea lauwalu ia ia i kekahi nui- 

 nawa, oia iho la na hana a ka lau i loaa ia'u. 



NO KA HUA. 



He mea ai ia ka hua, ma ka pulehu ana a moa, lomi pu me ka paakai. A he 

 ia ia no ka noho ana i kuahiwi, a me ka la maka pehu loa no hoi i ka ia. O kekahi, 



