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Another maitaki glyph in G we recocgnize from Nga Kope Ririva (6 * 29.5 = 177):

31
Ga7-5 Ga7-6 Ga7-7 Ga7-8 (178) Ga7-9 Ga7-10

It may be a concidence, but probably not, that the distance between these two maitaki is 100 glyphs:

100
Ga3-17 (77) Ga7-8 (178)

If we try to move 100 paces in the opposite direction we arrive at Gb8-6, located immediately beyond the 15th kuhane station One Tea. 15 * 29.5 = 442.5, i.e. Gb8-1 is needed to reach One Tea, and manu rere in Gb8-5 looks back, says it is all over:

Gb8-1 (443) Gb8-2 Gb8-3 Gb8-4 Gb8-5
Gb8-6 (448) Gb8-7 Gb8-8 Gb8-9 Gb8-10

448 = 16 * 28, which should make us remember glyph number 392 (= 14 * 28) in H:

Ha7-47 Ha7-48 (392) Ha7-49 Ha7-50 Ha7-51

392 - 200 = 192 = 8 * 24 and 448 - 200 = 248 = 8 * 31. Also in Gb8-1 twins are looking at each other.

From One Tea (15) to Nga Kope Ririva (6) there are 202 glyphs (and probably days), a number not commensurable with months. To bridge the gap another measure must be used, and we could for instance count from Gb8-6 up to and including Ga7-8:

100 100
Gb8-6 (448) Ga3-17 Ga7-8 (178)
203 = 7 * 29

As to the meaning of the maitaki glyphs not much can be said so far. Maybe 100 is to be read as 5 ('fire') times 20 (number of fingers and toes). 100 days could be the number for a sun 'tertial', given there are 300 days in the calendar for the sun.

Clearly, though, Ga7-8 has at bottom a sign in form of a very assymmetric 'stone'. The meaning of such an assymmety will be investigated shortly.