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In the C text we have encountered a pair of vero glyphs (probably denoting the presence of the spear-armed Tanist of Hercules), vero glyphs which seem to imply a jump in time with 16 days, from the Thigh of the great Bear (Phekda, γ Ursae Majoris) to the 'Liver' of the great Lion (his highest point, Cor Caroli, α Canes Venatici). And below the uplifted left back leg of the Great Bear was Leo Minor, the stars of which I have not cared to collect in my list:

*SEPTEMBER 13 (324 - 68) 14 (*177 = *245 - 68 = 6 * 29½) 15 (258) 111
Ga7-11 (180 = 324 - 64) Ga7-12 Ga7-13
ψ Scorpii (244.6), LESATH (Sting) = ν Scorpii (244.8) χ Scorpii (245.1), YED PRIOR (Front Hand) = δ Ophiuchi, δ Tr. Austr. (245.5) YED POSTERIOR (Hand Behind) = ε Ophiuchi, RUKBALGETHI SHEMALI (Knee, rukbah, of Broken Palm-branch) = τ Herculis (246.6). δ Apodis (246.7), ο Scorpii (246.8)
November 20 (324 = 180 + 144) 21 (325 = *245 + 80) 22 (326 = 258 + 68)
*JULY 7 (256 - 68) 8 (325 - 2 * 68) 9 (*110 = *174 - 64) 10 (*111 = *179 - 68) 11 (192) 11
September 13 (256) 14 (257 = 325 - 68) 15 16 17 (*180)
ο Hydrae (176.1) ζ Crateris, ξ Virginis  (177.0), λ Muscae (177.1), ν Virginis (177.2), μ Muscae (177.8) Al Sarfah-10 / Uttara Phalguni-12 / Zibbat A.-16 (Tail of the Lion) / Shēpu-arkū sha-A-17 (Hind Leg of the Lion)

93 Leonis (178.0), DENEBOLA = β Leonis (178.3), ALARAPH = β Virginis (178.6)

PHEKDA (Thigh) = γ Ursae Majoris, β Hydrae  (179.3), η Crateris (179.9)

DENEB CYGNI (α Cygni)

no star listed (180)
Ca13-16 Ca13-17 (360) Ca13-18 Ca13-19 (4 + 358) Ca13-20
oho te vae tagata puoko erua tagata puo pouo vero hia -
March 14 (3-14, 73) 15 (*360) 16 (441 = 75 + 366) 17 18
λ Piscium (358.0), MANUS CATENATA (Chained Hand) = ι Andromedae (358.1), ALRAI (Shepherd) = γ Cephei, θ Phoenicis (358.4), κ Andromedae (358.7) ω Aquarii (359.2), 78 Pegasi (359.5) ψ Andromedae (360.1), σ Phoenicis (360.4) γ¹ Oct. (361.4), φ Pegasi (361.7) DZANEB (Tail) = ω Piscium (362.4), γ² Oct. (362.8)
*JANUARY 6 7 8 (373 = 441 - 68) 9 (378 - 4) 10 (443 - 148 = *295)
*JULY 23 (204) 24 25 26 27 (*128 = *196 - 68) 28
Sept 29 (272) 30 (*193) October 1 2 3 4
ι Crucis (192.2), β Muscae (192.5), MIMOSA = β Crucis (192.9) no star listed (193) κ Crucis (194.4), ψ Virginis (194.5), μ Crucis, λ Crucis (194.6), ALIOTH (Fat Tail) = ε Ursae Majoris, ι Oct. (194.8) MINELAUVA = δ Virginis (195.1), COR CAROLI = α Canum Ven. (195.3) δ Muscae (196.5), VINDEMIATRIX (Grape Gatherer) = ε Virginis (196.8) 13h (197.8)

ξ¹ Centauri (197.1), ξ² Centauri (197.9)

*Ca14-12 *Ca14-13 *Ca14-14 *Ca14-15 (378) *Ca14-16 *Ca14-17
te kihikihi o te henua - kua haga hia kua pua te vero te henua kiore - te henua
March 30 31 April 1 2 (92 = *378 - 366 + 80) 3 4
ξ Phoenicis (9.0), ρ Tucanae (9.1), DENEB KAITOS = β Ceti, η Phoenicis (9.4), AL NITHĀM (String of Pearls) = φ¹ Ceti (9.6) ACHIRD (Woman with Luminous Rays) = η Cassiopeiae (10.7) Legs-15

ν Andromedae (11.0), φ² Ceti (11.1), ρ Phoenicis (11.2), η ANDROMEDAE (11.4)

CIH (Whip) = γ Cassiopeiae, λ Tucanae (12.4), φ³ Ceti (12.6), μ Andromedae (12.8) φ4 Ceti (13.2) no star listed (14)
*JANUARY 22 (388 = 392 - 4) 24 25 (14 * 15 + 180) 26 27 (392)

Perhaps this forward shift with 16 glyphs means the first possible night to observe Phekda after her heliacal conjunction with the Sun was when the Sun reached Cor Caroli 16 days later. At the star time of the Bull the latter point in time could have been found out by observing for instance when the Whip (γ Cassiopeiae) was close to the Full Moon. But on Easter Island Cassiopeia was too far high up in the north and a better choice would have been to look at the stars in Cetus or in the Toucan.

Glyph 378 (as in the synodic cycle of Saturn) could have coincided with *JANUARY 25 (180 + 210 = 390) and 2 days later (in day 392 = number of glyphs on side a of the C tablet) there is a figure with an uplifted hind leg, a kiore, holding a little henua.

Kiore

Rat. Vanaga.

Rat, mouse; kiore hiva, rabbit. P Pau., Mgv.: kiore, rat, mouse. Mq.: kioē, íoé, id. Ta.: iore, id. Churchill.

There were no bears (nor lions, nor bulls) on Easter Island, but there were rats.

Neither were there scorpions, and instead the rongorongo writers had chosen the shark as the correspondingly dangerous figure:

Mago

Spotted dogfish, small shark. Vanaga.

Mogo, shark. P Pau.: mago,  id. Mgv. mago, id. Mq. mano, mako, mono, moko id. T. maó, id. In addition to this list the word is found as mago in Samoa, Maori, Niuē, and in Viti as mego. It is only in Rapanui and the Marquesas that we encounter the variant mogo. Churchill.

... Here, in a very condensed form, is a typical Fijian myth of the origin of the current ruling clan (mataqali): A handsome, fair-skinned stranger, victim of an accident at sea, is befriended by a shark who carries him ashore on the south coast of Viti Levu. The stranger wanders into the interior where he is taken in by a local chieftain, whose daughter he eventually marries. From this union springs the line of Noikoro ruling chiefs, the narrator of the story being the tenth descendant on that line. He and his clansmen are called 'The Sharks' (Na Qio) ... It is all as in the Hawaiian proverb: 'A chief is a shark that travels on land' ...

*SEPTEMBER 13 (324 - 68) 14 (*177 = *245 - 68 = 6 * 29½) 15 (258)
Ga7-11 (180 = 324 - 64) Ga7-12 Ga7-13
ψ Scorpii (244.6), LESATH (Sting) = ν Scorpii (244.8) χ Scorpii (245.1), YED PRIOR (Front Hand) = δ Ophiuchi, δ Tr. Austr. (245.5) YED POSTERIOR (Hand Behind) = ε Ophiuchi, RUKBALGETHI SHEMALI (Knee, rukbah, of Broken Palm-branch) = τ Herculis (246.6). δ Apodis (246.7), ο Scorpii (246.8)
November 20 (324 = 180 + 144) 21 (325 = *245 + 80) 22 (326 = 258 + 68)
SEPTEMBER 20 21 (*184) EQUINOX 23 24 25 (268)
*SEPTEMBER 16 17 (260) 18 19 20 21 (*184)
Ga7-14 Ga7-15 (184) Ga7-16 Ga7-17 Ga7-18 Ga7-19
Heart-5 (Fox)

σ SCORPII (247.0), HEJIAN = γ Herculis (247.2), ψ Ophiuchi (247.7)

ρ Ophiuchi (248.1), KAJAM (Club) = ω Herculis (248.3), χ Ophiuchi (248.5), SHE LOW (Market Tower) = υ Ophiuchi, Tr. Austr. (248.7), ζ Tr. Austr. (248.8) Al Kalb-16 / Jyeshtha-18 / ANA-MUA-1 (Entrance pillar)

ANTARES = α Scorpii (249.1), MARFIK (Elbow) = λ Ophiuchi, φ Ophiuchi (249.5),  ω Ophiuchi (249.8)

γ Apodis (250.1), σ Herculis (250.3), θ Tr. Austr. (250.6), τ Scorpii (250.7) HAN = ζ Ophiuchi (251.0) ζ Herculis, η Tr. Austr. (252.1), η Herculis, β Apodis (252.5)
November 23 (327) 24 25 26 27 28 (*252 = 36 * 7)
°November 19 20 (324) 21 22 23 24 (*248 = 8 * 31)
'October 27 (300) 28 29 (*222) 30 31 'November 1
"October 13 14 Tagaroa Uri 15 16 17 (290) 18

The 4 precessional days from Gregory XIII up to the time of rongorongo could have motivated the tail fish (ika hiku) in Ga7-12, because I have perceived a similarity between the ika hiku type of glyph and the carapace house of a shark baby:

3
Ga7-12 (*177) Ga7-16 (*181)
ika hiku mago

... Mermaid's purses (also known as Devil's Purses) are the egg cases of skates, sharks and rays. They are among the common objects which are washed up by the sea. Because they are lightweight, they are often found at the furthest point of the high tide. The eggcases that wash up on beaches are usually empty, the young fish having already hatched out ...

... Grove by doing it with Trunk produced the ashwood.

Veke by lying with Water-beetle made the dragonfly,

Stinging-fly by doing it with Swarm-of-flies produced the fly,

Branch by lying with Fork-of-tree made Beetle-that-lives-in-rotten-wood,

Lizard-woman by lying with Whiteness made the gannet.

Hard-soil by lying with Covering-below made the sugar cane,

Bitterness by doing it with Bad-taste produced the kape,

Tail by lying with Hina oio produced the crayfish,

Killing by doing it with Stingray made the shark ...