Crossword-Solution: LUA 3 letters, 4 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 3

The silence was intense, save for the occasional wailings of the slaves, which now and again broke out in bursts of melancholy sound, “_La-lu-La-lua!_” and then died away, to be followed by horrid screams as the Arabs laid their lashes upon some poor wretch.

Here the people say "le" for "re," and "rua" for "lua," confounding both liquids, which may also be found in the Kibundo tongue.

And so, though I thought it might be they were going to be surprised when they came to Lua, I said nothing about that, but fitted up a bit in Honolulu, taking my time, and set sail once more for Lua.

There is a bird in the forests, before referred to, called by the Indians "_A mae da lua_," or the "Mother of the Moon." It is an owl and makes its habitation in the large, dead, hollow trees in the depths of the jungle, far away from the river front, and it will fly out of its nest only on still, moonlit nights, to pour forth its desolate and melancholy song.

They should carry even rigging for the port of Acapulco, since there is rigging at Manila which is very cheap; and then your Highness will not have to spend vast sums in taking it from San Juan de Lua to Acapulco overland, which is one hundred and fifty leguas.