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Raven (from Alchita to Kraz) does not stretch for more than a week (189.7 - 183.1 = 6.6) and in the gap between Crater and Corvus henua will be turned upside down. In Kb1-10 the single of the short inside lines is high up, but at Minkar (the star at the eye of Raven) it is low down:

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Kb1-7 Kb1-8 (100) Kb1-9 Kb1-10 (*168)
  Alkes (165.6), Merak (166.2) Dubhe (166.7)    
'September 2 '3 (246) '11h (167.4) '5 4
Alterf 4 5 (110) 6 7
drilled hole 4
Kb1-15 Kb1-16 (108)
κ Crateris (172.5) ο¹ Centauri (173.8), ξ Hydrae (174.3)  
'September 10 '11 (254) 4
Alterf 12 13 (118)
4 drilled hole
*Kb2-6 (5) *Kb2-7 (*184)
  Alchita, Ma Wei (183.1) Minkar (183.7), ρ Centauri (183.9)
4 '12h (182.6) 'September 21 (264)
Dschuba 9 10 (128)
*Kb2-8 *Kb2-9 (120) *Kb2-10 *Kb2-11 (10)
Pálida (184.6), Megrez (184.9), Gienah (185.1), ε Muscae (185.2) Zaniah (185.9), Chang Sha (186.3) Intrometida (187.4) Acrux (187.5), γ Com. Berenicis (188.0), σ Centauri (188.1)
'September 22 (265) '23 '24 '25
Dschuba 11 12 (130) 13 Azzubra 1
*Kb2-12 *Kb2-13 (124) *Kb2-14 (13) *Kb2-15 (*192)
Algorab (188.5), Gacrux (188.7), γ Muscae (189.0), Avis Satyra (189.3) Asterion (189.5), Kraz (189.7), α Muscae (190.2) τ Centauri (190.5), χ Virginis (190.7), ρ Virginis (191.4) Porrima, γ Centauri (191.5)
'September 26 '27 '28 '29 (272)
Azzubra 2 3 4 5 (136)

Although Corvus covers only 6.6 right ascension days there are 8 days from the Alchita glyph up to and including the Kraz glyph.

The Southern Cross is closer to the pole and covers a little more time although a small constellation. From Pálida to Mimosa there are 192.9 - 184.6 = 8.3 days:

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*Kb2-8 (*185) *Kb2-16 (15) *Kb2-17 (128) *Kb2-18 (*195)
Pálida (184.6), Megrez (184.9), Gienah (185.1), ε Muscae (185.2)   β Muscae (192.5), Mimosa (192.9)   ψ Virginis (194.5), Alioth (194.8), Minelauva (195.1), Cor Caroli (195.3)
'September 22 (265) 7 '30 'October 1 '2 (275)
Dschuba 11 (129) Azzubra 6 (137) 7 8

Beyond Mimosa the great Virgo constellation will rise and it ought to be described in line Kb3. First there seems to be a foggy day with a ghostly shape in form similar to a tamaiti, and then there is a day with no henua ruler (an interregnum):

Kb3-1 (130) Kb3-2
  δ Muscae (196.5), Vindemiatrix (196.8), ξ¹ Centauri (197.1)
'October 3 '4 (277)
Azzubra 9 (140) 10

October 4 is Gregorian day 277. The figure in Kb3-1 is, though, not a tamaiti but a hakaua:

hakaua Kb3-1 (130) tamaiti
Ua

1. Cause, reason why something happens or is done; he ûa te ua, au i-ta'e-iri-ai ki tooku hare, because of the rain, I did not go home; ua kore, without cause, without reason. 2. Ceremononial stave with a human face carved at one extremity. Vanaga. Cfr toko.

1. A long club T. 2. Mgv.: ua, the genitalia. Ta.: hua, id. Mq.: hua, id. Ha.: hua, testicles. 3. Ta.: ua, the back of the neck. Ma.: ua, id. Sa.: ua, the neck. 4. Ta.: ua, a land crab which shears iron. Ma.: uka, lobster. Sa.: uga, the hermit crab. Churchill.

Ûa. Rain; 1. ûa hakamito, persistent, but not strong, rain; 2. ûa kura, fine rain, drizzle; 3. ûa matavaravara, strong rain; 4. ûa parera, torrential rain; 5. ûa tai, rain followed by fair weather at sea. Ehu ûa, drizzle. Vanaga.

Ûaûa. Tendons, muscles. 1. Hau ûaûa kio'e, line made from rats' tendons. 2. Ûaûa toto, vein, artery. 3. Ûaûa piki, spasm. Vanaga.

1. Rain; hoa mai te ua, to rain; mou te ua, to cease raining. P Mgv., Mq., Ta.: ua, rain. 2. Vein, artery, tendon (huahua 1) (uha G); ua nene, pulse; ua nohototo, artery, ua gaei, pulse. Uaua, vein, tendon, line; kiko uaua, muscle T. Hakauaua, to mark with lines. P Pau.: tare-ua, tendon. Mgv., Mq., Ta.: uaua, vein, tendon. Churchill.

U'a. Of the tide, to reach its maximum; tai u'a, high tide. Vanaga.

Wave, surge; tai ua, high tide. Churchill.

Uá. Ata uá, morning twilight. Uáuá, to reside; resident; noho uáuá to settle somewhere; ina koe ekó noho uáuá, do not establish yourself there. Vanaga.

We should remember there was another hakaua in Ka5-8. Moreover, this one is followd by a henua in full view:

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Ka5-8 (86) Ka5-9
υ² Hydrae (151.8), Al Jabhah (152.4) Regulus (152.7), λ Hydrae (153.2)
'August 20 '21 (233) 42
An Nathra 4 (96) 5
Kb3-1 (130) Kb3-2
  δ Muscae (196.5), Vindemiatrix (196.8), ξ¹ Centauri (197.1)
'October 3 '4 (277)
Azzubra 9 (140) 10

Perhaps the 'heart' of Leo in some meaning is the true instrument for generating rain.

... 'Before the door,' we are told in Thomas Thrum's rendition of the legend, 'on the very spot where she had buried her husband's heart, there grew a stately tree covered over with broad, green leaves dripping with dew and shining in the early sunlight, while on the grass lay the ripe, round fruit, where it had fallen from the branches above. And this tree she called Ulu (breadfruit) in honor of her husband ...

Vindemiatrix (ε Virginis) was anciently connected with August 20:

"This profusion of titles from the earliest times indicates the singular interest with which this now inconspicious star was regarded in classical astronomy. The Century Cyclopedia has the following note on it:

At the time when the zodiac seems to have been formed (2100 B.C.) this star would first be seen at Babylon before sunrise about August 20, or, since there is some evidence that it was then brighter than it is now, perhaps a week earlier. This would seem too late for the vintage, so that perhaps this tradition is older than the zodiac." (Allen)

These interesting facts should make us include also another hakaua in our investigation, viz. Kb2-1:

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Ka5-8 (86) Ka5-9
υ² Hydrae (151.8), Al Jabhah (152.4) Regulus (152.7), λ Hydrae (153.2)
'August 20 '21 (233) 25
An Nathra 4 (96) 5
drilled hole
Kb2-1 (113) Kb2-2 (*180) Kb2-3 Kb2-4 (116) *Kb2-6 (5)
Alaraph (178.6), Phekda, β Hydrae  (179.3) η Crateris (179.9) π Virginis (181.0) ο Virginis (182.1) Alchita, Ma Wei (183.1)
'September 16 '17 (260) '18 '19 '12h (182.6)
Dschuba 5 6 7 8  9
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Kb3-1 (130) Kb3-2
    δ Muscae (196.5), Vindemiatrix (196.8), ξ¹ Centauri (197.1)
13 'October 3 '4 (277)
Azzubra 9 (140) 10

There seems to be a 'fruit' generated from the hakaua figure in Kb2-1, delivered 3 days later. Vindemiatrix means 'Grape-gatherer' and after 260 days the Sun 'fruit' may be ripe for picking.

By adding limbs to hakaua it evolves into a honu type of glyph:

tamaiti hakaua honu

Notably hakaua in every instance is followed by a henua glyph, as if to state that the rainmaker is needed for the earth:

Regulus (152.7), λ Hydrae (153.2)
Ka5-8 Ka5-9 'August 21 (233)
ο¹ Centauri (173.8), ξ Hydrae (174.3)
Kb1-15 Kb1-16 (108) 'September 11 (254)
η Crateris (179.9)
Kb2-1 Kb2-2 (*180) 'September 17 (260)
Alchita, Ma Wei (183.1)
Kb2-4 *Kb2-6 '12h (182.6)
δ Muscae (196.5), Vindemiatrix (196.8), ξ¹ Centauri (197.1)
Kb3-1 (130) Kb3-2 'October 4 (277)

Therefore probably also Kb1-15 is a hakaua (though perhaps mostly hidden by rainclouds).