The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-15
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The OnIooker


In my studies of history learned some
wild hogs ofte Waanae of the habits Of the beaver and the
years there has not been so much rain as formerly on the
range and the waercoue though running well times often
dry Some observed that the wild hogs had begun
serve the water supply by digging deep holes in the dry beds of
that when the again enough
porkers along until the rain The wells
deep 1t the of the uske after they dug
few inches to wet themselves that might old
then rolling in the mndy bottoms and carr d into mr
bushes where they craped In this way wells grew deeper
until they deep enough hold drinking quite awhile
But the young pigs bound up and played all sorts of
tricks the old porke left guard becoming mschevous
the got up scheme They would dam itself
With much intelligence the old boars got together above
of of the where passed through gully began
to root up stones and roll them down hill into the This made
sort OF DAM but too much OF the water ran away hen the tskers
got busy with small bushes cutting them off quite neatly and throwing
them the rocky dam but this device though open
work OF the rocks from view did not check the exhaust of For
weeks the hogs worked this problem and finally concluded
general chorus of gnts and squeals and all the pigs big
followed the example Of the gadarene swine and down steep
body they nearby patch of adobe and drppd there The
process repeated time and again and there quite little
hours there deep waow Every pig or hog nuggd down
the and rolling and they acquired adobe
waded in The adobe dropped off in chunks carried by
the stream the loose stones and stuck In this way solid
grew up By actual measurement feet long,
three inches high and little five feet thick The piled up
water wanted to drink though protect eepage
into big trough the other SIDE where all waowng
noticed when was there last that the young pigs getting
they spoed about, dved and froicked festive amphbans
looked from the bank as they developing broad flat tails
the beaver but when closer gaze swan
under mat OF floating leaves, pong their
the leaves and tredng keep steady wonderful
sight and one which shall forget pigs started III
stream carrying heght raft speed which suggested element
i OF marine motive power applicable a scale
Old Oponu, the okoehau expert makes booze about mil
from the hog-but dam, along while and told me
the misfortune the hogs had caused him 1t that after the dan
had been made the porkers lay adobe waow o
about three days while the roasting pigs enjoyed bathing The
they got up refreshed and hungry The small pigs routed on
and sent after wild bananas which they easily got Oponu saw then
IN the woods bringing half punches of home where the
were spread IN the shade rpen Two three later there wa
sudden rush OF hogs the wehdden shack slept AM
had his still The structure quickly and he lust ha
time to get on his escape ladder which he crossing avne
any revenue about and the hogs rolling away t
barrels OF his good stuff all he had The native followed he drove
distance and when the hog rendezvous he climbed tree
watched Oponui the sight almost led him dsbeeve his ewes
he pigs had dug big hole and pasered with adobe AT e no
tom was sharp piece of lava They rolled barrels into 1
hole where broke filling the we'll okolefao and ng
the of the surface where each piece was nose
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