In order to accomplish a structure which is parallel with G I have here revised the counting in A to begin neither from pito (Ab8-43) nor from ihe tau (Ab8-44) but from nuku at Ab8-41:
Aa8-80 (where 8 * 8 = 64) is not of the standard koti type because, I suggest, Hatinga Te Kohe is a lunar measure. In G the reversal comes with day 354 + 1, and in Tahua a koti glyph (Aa8-80) marks the 2nd half of day 354 + 1. Day zero, I guess, is equal to day (1334 + 2) / 2 = 668 = 368 + 300. In G we have to count a day twice and this rule seems to apply also to Tahua. 1336 can be read as 'thirten 36' (which happens to be 468, and then we can count 46 * 8 = 368). Day 368 can be identified by counting from Ab8-41:
According to Manuscript E the explorers had to go back to Hanga Te Pau in order to fetch fire. The first half of day 366 is a mauga glyph (meaning darkness), but in the 2nd half 2 + 5 'feathers' indicate fire. |