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Ba8.7

Perhaps I ought to rearrange the glyphs in line Ba8 into:

March 25 26 27 28 29 (88) 30 31
April 1 (91) 2 3
ki te henua ka kau ko te kea i te henua

kea

Kea. Mgv. kea, a fish. Mq.: kea, id. Ha.: ea, id. Churchill. Ta.: ea, the thrush, aphthæ. Mq.: kea, id. Sa.: 'ea'ea, id. Ha.: ea, id. Churchill. According to Barthel kea was explained as 'macrouse' by Bishop Jaussen.

... There, half buried in the sand was a giant clamshell. As his shadow fell upon it, he heard another muffled squeak. Peering down into the opening between the halves of the shell, he saw it was full of tiny creatures, cowering in fear at his shadow. Raven was delighted. Here was a break in the monotony of the day ...

tagata

April 4 (94) 5 6 7 8 9
April 10 11 12 13 14 (104)
April 15 16 17 (107)
April 18 19 20 21 (111) 22 23 24
April 25 26 27 28 (118)
Ba8-36 → 288 Ba8-3 Ba8-38 Ba8-39 (333)
VISIBLE CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
TOLIMAN (*237 - *16) SOUTH GATE (*222) *41 + *182 = *223 ZUBEN ELGENUBI
AUG 25 (237) 26 (120 + 118) 239 = 223 - 64 + 80 224 + 16 = 240
INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN:
April 29 (237 - 118) 30 (120 = 360 / 3) Beltane May 2 (366 / 3)
35 Arietis 39 Arietis BHARANI (*41.4) TA LING (Great Mound) = τ Persei (*42.4 = *41.4 + *1.0)
May 3 4 5 (125) 6 7 8 9

Toliman is α Centauri, the fixed star closest to our Sun. This explains why it is shining so brightly (-0.01). And it could well explain the design of Ba8-36.

Hevelius has placed Toliman at the right front hoof (foot) of the Centaur - to be contrasted with the South Gate at the left back foot (paw) of the Wolf exiting in the following night: