Tamaiti in Gb7-3 will then be the beginning (number 11 counted from Gb6-21 and a day of Venus). The previous cycle ends with glyph number 14 * 29½ = 413 and with a double-eyed hau tea on its way to 'fall on its face'. Possibly we should count the glyphs in pairs, i.e. reading 5 nights from Gb6-21 to Gb7-3.

Then we should count a further 49 glyphs ahead:

	42
Gb8-30 (1)	42	Ga2-13	Ga2-14 (45)

Ga2-15	Ga2-16	Ga2-17	Ga2-18 (49)


Ga2-19 (50)	Ga2-20	Ga2-21	Ga2-22

Ga2-23	Ga2-24	Ga2-25	Ga2-26

Here I have initially counted the colours from Gb8-30 (according to the method I have used earlier, from Moe), but I guess this method should end with glyph number 49. Ga2-19 and Ga2-26 look more like Sun-days than days of Mercury, and beyond the first 59 + 49 glyphs we will enter the domain of Sun:

59	49	69	59	central point	59	69	49	59
108		128			128		108
*236 = 8 29½**					*236 = 8 29½**
Moon		Sun			Sun		Moon
*472 = 2 128 + 2 * 108**

After 8 'preliminary' glyphs (Ga2-19 -- 26) the henua calendar will begin:


*Ga2-27 (1)**	Ga2-28	Ga2-29 (60)

*Ga3-1 (4)**	Ga3-2	Ga3-3	Ga3-4	Ga3-5

	296
Ga3-1 (61)	296	Gb5-4	Gb5-5	Gb5-6 (360)
300

I have earlier put Rei in Ga2-27 as the beginning and I find no reason to change this idea.

By choosing the central point to be midsummer and the beginning at tamaiti in Gb7-3 we have arrived at a plausible interpretation of the text:

59	49	69	59	midsummer (?)	59	69	49	59
108		128			128		108
*236 = 8 29½**					*236 = 8 29½**
Moon		Sun			Sun		Moon
*472 = 2 128 + 2 * 108**

At present I do not feel inclined to work in a similar way with our first alternative, viz. to let the beginning of the cycle be at Gb8-30 and to make the central point lie 236 - 177 = 59 days later than midsummer (with Ga7-7 as day 177). The 4 'Bacab' glyphs (Gb6-21--24) and the reasonable results reached so far have convinced me we are on the right track.

Neither do I now wish to pursue the pattern above on the other side of what I guess is midsummer. We have only reached to line a7.