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Next problem is te kihikihi:

1 An Nathra 9 (101) 10 11 12 13
August 25 (237) 26 27 28 29
Ca6-17 (157) Ca6-18 Ca6-19 Ca6-20 Ca6-21
tagata oho rima - ki te marama koia kua oho ki te marama kua moe kua ka te ahi i te rima aueue - te ika
μ Hydrae (157.1) no star listed Shir (158.9) φ Hydrae (160.3) no star listed
February 24 (420) 25 (56) 26 27 28 (59)
Alterf 1 2 3 (108)
August 30 (242) 31 September 1
Ca6-22 Ca6-23 Ca6-24 (164)
te marama kua hua marama kua tuu i te kihikihi
Vathorz Posterior (162.1) η Carinae, Peregrini (162.6), ν Hydrae (163.1) no star listed
March 1 (60) 2 3
Kihi

Kihikihi, lichen; also: grey, greenish grey, ashen. Vanaga.

Kihikihi, lichen T, stone T. Churchill.

The Hawaiian day was divided in three general parts, like that of the early Greeks and Latins, - morning, noon, and afternoon - Kakahi-aka, breaking the shadows, scil. of night; Awakea, for Ao-akea, the plain full day; and Auina-la, the decline of the day. The lapse of the night, however, was noted by five stations, if I may say so, and four intervals of time, viz.: (1.) Kihi, at 6 P.M., or about sunset; (2.) Pili, between sunset and midnight; (3) Kau, indicating midnight; (4.) Pilipuka, between midnight and surise, or about 3 A.M.; (5.) Kihipuka, corresponding to sunrise, or about 6 A.M. ... (Fornander)

Perhaps Metoro saw the last glyph among the 8 of the first period as a likely place for ashes. Earlier we saw his te kihikihi in front in April 9:

Almuqaddam 4 5 (329) 6
April 9 (464) 10 11 (101)
Ca1-19 Ca1-20 Ca1-21
te maitaki - te kihikihi hakaraoa - te henua tagata huki

He may have counted from Ca1-19 to the end of August and found number 144 (= 163 - 19), a Sign for the completion of a square of 12. I.e., the natural end for the great Fire in the sky. 99 + 144 = 243 (= 3 * 3 * 3* 3 * 3) = August 31. We should remember how number 243 was connected with rau hei:

moon 242
Ga6-22 Gb6-23 (406)
sun 242
Ga6-25 Gb6-26 (409)

40 * 6 = 240 (Moon) and 40 * 9 = 360 (Sun).

The 'empty headgear' could symbolize where the King had disappeared (left his constructions):

Possibly marama kua tuu i te kihikihi means how from the 'ashes' of Old Sun a new 'bird of Fire' will rise. In Hevelius' overview of the southern sky we can see the Phoenix constellation at the beginning of Eridanus and depicted as opposite to Crater (perhaps the 'empty head-gear'):

156 (Ca6-16) + 243 = 399 (the synodic cycle of Jupiter). Gregorian day number 243 is August 31 (and day 156 is May 5).