﻿272 PICTORIAL MISCELLANY. 



We have had, all along, some considerable confidence in our 

 ability to solve mathematical problems, especially in Colburn's, but 

 here, in this edition, to use a common expression, we are " hard up." 

 How a class of cocoa-nut-fed youngsters must look reciting the 

 Multiplication Table after this fashion, or, as they have it, Ka Papa 

 Hoonui ! 



Elua 2 is 4, Ekolu 3 is 9, Aha 4 is 16, 



Elima 5 is 25, Eono 6 is 36, Ehiku 7 is 49, 

 Enalu 8 is 64, Eirva 9 is 81, Umi 10 is 100. 

 Suppose they were to repeat together, in a Yankee school-room, 

 the table of Avoirdupois weight : would n't there be music ? You 

 can judge. Here it is : 



" He ana kau pouna : 

 " He 16 derama 1 ia anneke, 



He 16 anneke 1 ia pouna, 



He 28 pouna 1 ia kuata haneri weta, 



He 33 pouna 1 ia kuati pika, 



He 4 kuata haneri weta 1 ia haneri weta, 

 4 kuata pika 1 ia pika okoa, 



2 pika 1 ia pauna, 



He 20 haneri weta 1 ia tona." 



We have heard, before now, some young folks say, " Oh, dear ! 

 1 can't understand fractions." See here : 



"0 ke 6menaheianokeaha?" " Maloko o ka % ehia & ? " 

 One more easy question - 



" Ua haawiia mai ia Robeta na keneta 9, a kuai aku la ia i 2 

 hapa 3 o ia mau mea chia na keneta e koe ?" 



We are reminded, by the probable position of our young friend, 

 of a stupid fellow, who was asked, " What would 50 Ibs. of beef 

 come to, at 7 cents a pound, and half of it fat?" 



He said he could do the sum if he only knew what rule it was 

 done by ! 



If any one of our readers will find the question corresponding to 

 this in Colburn's, and send us the answer, he or she shall have two 

 dimes credited on next year's subscription. The first one has it. 



This little book gives us an idea of the magnitude of the obstacles 

 the missionaries have had to contend with. They went to this far- 



