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10-7. Let's now return to the E text for a fresh look:

Oct 15 (288) 16 17
Eb1-9 Eb1-10 Eb1-11
te tagata - te kihikihi vai oka hia e rima o te ariki

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)

Oka. 1. Lever, pole; to dig holes in the ground with a sharpened stick, as was done in ancient times to plant vegetables; used generally in the meaning of making plantations. 2. The four sideways poles supporting a hare paega. Okaoka, to jab, to pierce, to prick repeatedly. Vanaga. Digging stick, stake, joist; to prick, to pierce, to stick a thing into, to drive into, to slaughter, to assassinate; kona oka kai, plantation; pahu oka, a drawer. Okaoka, a fork, to prick, to dig. Okahia, to prick. Churchill.

τ Bootis (208.2), BENETNASH (Leader of the Daughters of the Bier) = η Ursae Majoris (208.5), ν Centauri (208.7), μ Centauri, υ Bootis (208.8) No star listed (209) MUPHRID (Solitary Star) = η Bootis (210.1), ζ Centauri (210.3)
No star listed (25)

ANA-NIA-10 (Pillar-to-fish by)

χ Ceti (26.1), POLARIS = α Ursae Minoris, BATEN KAITOS (Belly of the Fish) = ζ Ceti (26.6), METALLAH = α Trianguli (26.9)

Al Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 / Bond-16 (Dog) / Mahrū-sha-rishu-ku-1 (Front of the Head of Ku)

SEGIN = ε Cassiopeia, MESARTHIM = γ Arietis, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), SHERATAN (Pair of Signs) = β Arietis, φ Phoenicis (27.4)

*351.0 = *27.4 - *41.4
Oct 18 19 (292) 20 21 22 23
Eb1-12 Eb1-13 Eb1-14 Eb1-15 Eb1-16 Eb1-17
tagata haga i te kihikihi vai o ura hia toki te heu te toki te henua

Ura, lobster. Ûra, flame, blaze (ûra ahi), to become furious (with manava as subject: ku-ûra-á te manava). Úraúra, bright red. Vanaga. 1. Crayfish, lobster, prawn. P Mgv.: ura, crayfish. Mq.: , lobster. Ta.: oura, crayfish, lobster. 2. Fire, burning, to be in flames; uraga, combustion, flame, torch; hakaura, to cause to glow, to kindle, to light. P Mgv., Ta.: ura, a flame, to burn. Mq: , id. Uraga, burden, load, weight. Uraura, vermilion, scarlet. P Pau.: kurakura, red. Mgv.: uraura, an inflamed countenance. Mq.: uáuá, red, ruddy. Ta.: uraura, red. Churchill.

Vai. Water, liquid, juice. 1. Vai tagata, semen, sperm (also: takatea). 2. Vai kava, saltwater, sea, ocean. Vanaga. (Sweet) water. Vai-kura = blood. Barthel. 1. Water, liquid, fluid, sap, juice, gravy, fresh water as differing from tai seawater; hakavai to dissolve, to liquefy, to melt. P Pau.: ana-vai, a brook. Mgv.: vai, water. Mq.: vai, water, liquid, juice. Ta.: vai, sweet water, sap, juice. Vaihu (vai-u), milk. T Mq., Ta.: vaiu, milk. Vaipuga (vai-puna), spring water. P Mgv.: vaipuna, water which springs from among stones. Mq.: vaipuna, spring water. Ta.: vaipuna, a spring. Vaitahe (vai-tahe 1), river. 2. Pau.: Vai, to exist. Ta.: vai, to be, to exist. Vaiora, to survive. Sa.: vaiola, the spring 'water of life?' Ma.: waiora, water of life. Vaitoa (vai-toa 2), sugar. Mgv.: vaito, id. Vaituru (vai-turu 1), water conduit. Vaivai, weak. PS Mq.: vaivai, soft, pleasant, agreeable. Sa., To.: vaivai, weak. Pau.: Vaiho, to set down, to place. Ta.: vaiiho, to place. Ma.: waiho, to set down. Pau.: Hakavaivai, to delay. Ta.: vaivai, to rest a bit. Ta.: Vaianu, a plant. Mq.: Vaimata, tears. Ha.: waimaka, id. Vaitahe, a flood. Sa.: vaitafe, a river. Ha.: waikahe, running water, flood. Vaitupu, spring water. To.: vaitubu, well water. Unuvai, to drink water; hipu unuvai, drinking glass. Churchill. Sa., Fakaafo, To., Fu., Niuē, Uvea, Nukuoro, Ta., Rar., Tongareva, Mq., Mgv., Fotuna, Nuguria, Vaté: vai, water. Rapanui: vai, juice, liquid, water. Aniwa: vai, tavai, water. Ma., Ha.: wai, id. Sikayana: wai, wuai, id. Vi.: wai, water. Rotumā: vai, voi, id. Churchill 2.

φ Centauri (211.0), υ¹ Centauri (211.1), υ² Centauri (211.8), τ Virginis (211.9)

AGENA (At the Knee) = β Centauri (212.1), θ Apodis (212.5), THUBAN (Dragon) = α Draconis (212.8)

14h (213.1)

π Hydrae, χ Centauri (213.0), MENKENT (Shoulder of the Centaur) = θ Centauri (213.1)

Neck-2 (Dragon)

ASELLUS TERTIUS (3rd Ass Colt) = κ Bootis, κ Virginis, 14 Bootis (214.8)

Al Ghafr-13 (The Cover) / Svāti-15 (Very Good) / TAHUA-TAATA-METUA-TE-TUPU-MAVAE-6 (a pillar to stand by)

15 Bootis (215.2), ARCTURUS = α Bootis (215.4), ASELLUS SECUNDUS (2nd Ass Colt) = ι Bootis (215.5), SYRMA (Train of the Virgin's Robe) = ι Virginis, λ Bootis (215.6), η Apodis (215.8)

*174.0 = *215.4 - *41.4

ι Lupi, 18 Bootis (216.3), KHAMBALIA (Crooked-Clawed) = λ Virginis (216.4), υ Virginis (216.5), ψ Centauri (216.6), ε Apodis (216.8)

*175.0 = *216.4 - *41.4
ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis (28.2), υ Ceti (28.8)

ALRISHA (The Knot) = α Piscium, χ Phoenicis (29.2), ε Trianguli (29.4), ALAMAK (Caracal) = γ Andromedae (29.7)

*353.0 = *29.4 - *41.4

Arku-sha-rishu-ku-2 (Back of the Head of Ku)

2h (*30.4 = *354.0 + *41.4)

κ Arietis (30.3), HAMAL (Sheep) = α Arietis (30.5)

ALKES (α Crateris)
DELTOTUM = β Trianguli (31.2), ι Trianguli (31.7), η Arietis (31.9) ξ¹ Ceti (32.1)

γ, δ Trianguli (33.0), χ Persei (33.2), 10 Trianguli (33.5), θ Arietis (33.3), MIRA (Astonishing) = ο Ceti (33.7)

Oct 16 *3 Oct 19 *107
No star listed (*209) THUBAN (*212)

Eb1-10 Eb1-13

vai oka hia

vai o ura hia

POLARIS (*26) ALRISHA ('29)
Febr 3 4 (400)
21h (*319.6) DRAMASA (*320)
Eb4-26 (133 10 + 123) Eb4-27 (460 → 320 + 140)

... We should notice how Metoro here was reading the glyphs withershins. South of the equator the water currents went 'withershins' when they were running out of steam ...

te maro - te vai - te tagata

te henua te kiore

Maro: A sort of small banner or pennant of bird feathers tied to a stick. Maroa: 1. To stand up, to stand. 2. Fathom (measure). See kumi. Vanaga. Maro: 1. June. 2. Dish-cloth T P Mgv.: maro, a small girdle or breech clout. Ta.: maro, girdle. Maroa: 1. A fathom; maroa hahaga, to measure. Mq.: maó, a fathom. 2. Upright, stand up, get up, stop, halt. Mq.: maó, to get up, to stand up. Churchill. Pau.: Maro, hard, rough, stubborn. Mgv.: maro, hard, obdurate, tough. Ta.: mârô, obstinate, headstrong. Sa.: mālō, strong. Ma.: maro, hard, stubborn. Churchill. Ta.: Maro, dry, desiccated. Mq.: mao, thirst, desiccated. Fu.: malo, dry. Ha.: malo, maloo, id. Churchill. Mgv.: Maroro, the flying fish. (Ta.: marara, id.) Mq.: maoo, id. Sa.: malolo, id. Ma.: maroro, id. Churchill.

Oct 24 (*217) Tagaroa Uri 25 26 27 (300)
"Sept 13 (4 * 64) 14 (*177 = *218 - *41) 15 16 (259 = 76 + 183)

... Ira, Raparenga, Uure, Nonoma, and Ringiringi got up [he ea] and left [went to, he oho] the 'Dark abyss [te poko uri] of Hau Maka' (i.e., Rano Kau), arrived at Hanga Te Pau, put the canoe into the water [he hoa i te vaka], and sailed off to [went to, he oho] Hiva, to Maori. Ira left [for Hiva, for Maori, i ōho ai a Ira.ki hiva.ki maori] on the twenty-fifth day of the month of October ('Tangaroa Uri') ... [E:86]

Eb1-18 Eb1-19 (345) Eb1-20 Eb1-21 → Beltaine
tagata ku hoea mai te poporo te hatu

Hatu.1. Clod of earth; cultivated land; arable land (oone hatu). 2. Compact mass of other substances: hatu matá, piece of obsidian. 3. Figuratively: manava hatu, said of persons who, in adversity, stay composed and in control of their behaviour and feelings. 4. To advise, to command. He hatu i te vanaga rivariva ki te kio o poki ki ruga ki te opata, they gave the refugees the good advice not to climb the precipice; he hatu i te vanaga rakerake, to give bad advice. 5. To collude, to unite for a purpose, to concur. Mo hatu o te tia o te nua, to agree on the price of a nua cape. 6. Result, favourable outcome of an enterprise. He ká i te umu mo te hatu o te aga, to light the earth oven for the successful outcome of an enterprise. Vanaga. 1. Haatu, hahatu, mahatu. To fold, to double, to plait, to braid; noho hatu, to sit crosslegged; hoe hatu, clasp knife; hatuhatu, to deform. 2. To recommend. Churchill. In the Polynesian dialects proper, we find Patu and Patu-patu, 'stone', in New Zealand; Fatu in Tahiti and Marquesas signifying 'Lord', 'Master', also 'Stone'; Haku in the Hawaiian means 'Lord', 'Master', while with the intensitive prefix Po it becomes Pohaku, 'a stone'. Fornander. 

ASELLUS PRIMUS (1st Ass Colt) = θ Bootis (217.8)

τ Lupi, δ Oct. (218.1), φ Virginis (218.7)

FOMALHAUT (α Piscis Austrini)

σ Lupi (219.1), ρ Bootis (219.5), HARIS (Keeper) = γ Bootis (219.7)

FUM AL SAMAKAH (β Piscium)

σ Bootis (220.2), η Centauri (220.4)

*179.0 = *220.4 - *41.4
No star listed (34)

ξ Arietis (35.0), ρ Ceti (35.4), 12 Trianguli (35.8), ξ² Ceti (35.9)

*360.0 = *35.4 - *41.4
σ Ceti (36.9) ν Ceti (37.9)
"March 15 (*359) 16 17 18 (76 = 117 - 41)
April 24 Vaitu Nui 25 26 (*36) 27 (117)

... On the twenty-fifth day of the first month (Vaitu Nui), Ira and Makoi set sail; on the first day of June ('Maro'), the bow of Ira's canoe appeared on the distant horizon, came closer and closer on its course, and sailed along, and finally (one) could see the (new home) land ... [E:17]

Eb1-19 (345) Cb4-20 (483) Ga2-26 (56)
FOMALHAUT ALTAIR (*300) τ Aquilae (*303)

MAY 17 (*57)

*121

SEPT 16 (*178)

Ga2-27 (57)

Ga7-10

NAOS (*121)

SCHEDIR (*242)

July 20 (*121)

Nov 18 (322)

... Allen has documented all his star culminations at 21h, which could be due to an effort of keeping the culminations at their proper places according to the ancients, 24h (spring equinox) - 21h = 3h = 24h / 8 = 45º. 3h corresponds to 366 / 8 = 45.75 of my right ascension days and *366 - *46 = *320 (Dramasa, σ Octantis) ...

It should not surprise us to find Alpha Centauri (the nightside star closest to our own star system) at the time when when our own Sun reached day 300 + 1:

Oct 28 (301)

29

30

31

Nov 1 (*225)

Eb1-22

Eb1-23 → 123

Eb1-24

Eb1-25

Eb1-26

tagata te hau tea tapamea kaava haaati hokohuki - te rima - te kihikihi
ρ Lupi (221.0), TOLIMAN = α Centauri (221.2), π Bootis (221.8), ζ Bootis (221.9) 31 Bootis (222.0), YANG MUN (South Gate) = α Lupi (222.1), RIJL AL AWWA (Foot of the Barker) = μ Virginis (222.5), ο Bootis (222.9) IZAR (Girdle) = ε Bootis (223.0), 109 Virginis, α Apodis (223.3), μ Librae (223.8)

Al Zubānā-14a (Claws) / Visakha-16 (Forked) / Root-3 (Badger)

ZUBEN ELGENUBI (Southern Claw) = α Librae (224.2), ξ Bootis, ο Lupi (224.5)
KOCHAB (Kakkab, Babylonian for Star) = β Ursae Min. (225.0), ξ Librae (225.7)

The designation 109 Virginis could be a way to point at μ Aquarii where the Sun was in 'the Gap' (Al Nathrah)

12
107 108 109 110 123
*312 *313 *314 π - 3.14 *328
Jan 27 (392) 16
July 29 (210)
Ea8-4 (260) no glyph ki te vai (te hupee)   NASHIRA