3. One might speculate if it is just a coincidence that number 26 was chosen for the number of states in Brazil or if it was determined by an ancient structure. I am rather convinced there is no such thing as coincidence in what emerges from the human mind. On Easter Island the ancient structure, as I have tried to envision it, has 26 stations (states) too:

Te Pu Mahore

Te Poko Uri

1	*Te Manavai*	8	*Hatinga Te Kohe*	15	*Maunga Teatea*
2	*Te Kioe Uri*	9	*Roto Iri Are*	16	*Mahatua*
3	*Te Piringa Aniva*	10	**Tama ()***	17	*Taharoa*
4	*Te Pei*	11	*One Tea (†)*	18	*Hanga Hoonu*
5	*Te Pou*	12	*Hanga Takaure*	19	*Rangi Meamea*
6	**Hua Reva ()***	13	*Poike*	20	*Peke Tau O Hiti*
7	*Akahanga (†)*	14	*Pua Katiki*	21	*Maunga Hau Epa*

22	*Oromanga*	23	*Hanga Moria One*	24	*Papa O Pea*	25	*Ahu Akapu*
*birthplace of the new king*		*residence of the current king*		*residence for the future king*		*residence for the abdicated king*
*26 Te Pito O Te Kainga*

The last 5 of them resemble a quincunx with the navel (te pito) of the land (te kainga) at the apex.

My construction has Te Pu Mahore and Te Poko Uri outside and earlier, comparable to how Aludra (η Canis Majoris) is outside and later than the land of Brazil according to its flag. Maybe the kuhane stations represent prominent stars.

In the picture of Hevelius, where right ascension increases towards the right, the last part (i.e. the part which is rising last) of Canis Major is the tip of its tail:

The tip of its tail is Aludra and we can see it as a star in a triangular form where Wezen is at the top and Adara at the other side of Wezen. Allen:

"Aludra is from Al 'Adhrā, the singular of Al 'Adhārā, and one of that group. This title has been universal from the days of Arabian catalogues and globes to our modern times.

Smyth wrote in his notes on η, 'Well may Hipparchus be dubbed the Praeses of ancient astronomers!' for that great man used this star, then at 90º of right ascension, as convenient in astronomical reckoning."

In the G text the corresponding glyph seems to illustrate a fish (perhaps star) going down:


*Ga2-12 (107)**	Ga2-13
Muliphein (106.8)	Wezen (108.1)


Ga2-14 (45)	Ga2-15


Ga2-16	Ga2-17
Wasat (110.8)	Aludra (112.1)

72 * (112.1 - 90) = 1591.2, but Hipparchos lived earlier than (1930 - 1591) = 339 A.D.; he was born ca. 190 B.C. This difference corresponds to somewhat less than ca (339 + 190) / 72 = 7 days.

Wezen is at the apex of the triangle and in Ga2-13 (where 2 * 13 = 26 and where the position is 108 = 4 * 27) a fish is stretching high. Where in the G text is then Adara, which should be on the other side of the apex? This star (at the stomach of Canis Major) is rising a little earlier than the beginning of 8h:


*Ga2-9 (105)**	Ga2-10	Ga2-11 (42)
Alhena (104.8)	Adara (105.8)	ω Gemini

8h is begining after 420 (= 7 * 60) minutes beyond spring equinox, and 420 / 1440 * 365.25 = 106.5 or ca 0.7 days after Adara.