It should now be time for us to list the kuhane stations in their proper order to see what numbers can be assigned for each one of them:
We can count the station distances for the red-marked ones
and compare with the corresponding distances in the Makoi list:
25 (Ko Maunga Teatea) - 6 (Ahu Akapu) = 19 and 39 (Akahanga) - 25 (Ko Maunga Teatea) = 14. 19 / 14 = 1.36 Maunga Teatea (18) - Akahanga (10) = 8 and Ahu Akapu (28) - Maunga Teatea (18) = 10. 10 / 8 = 1.25 The average distance between the kuhane stations was greater than the average distance between the Makoi stations; 360 / 60 = 6 days for the Makoi list and possibly 364 / 28 (not counting Nga Kope Ririva) = 13 nights for the kuhane journey. 13 * 6 (→ 136 → Alcyone) = 78 (→ *78 → Rigel → 7 * 8 = 56 → *56 → Alcyone). ... another Alcyone, daughter of Pleione, 'Queen of Sailing', by the oak-hero Atlas, was the mystical leader of the seven Pleiads. The heliacal rising of the Pleiads in May marked the beginning of the navigational year; their setting marked its end when (as Pliny notices in a passage about the halcyon) a remarkably cold North wind blows ...
Accordingly there could be 104 days from Akahanga 9 to Maunga Teatea 17 and 130 days from Maunga Teatea 17 to Ahu Akapu 27:
And from Te Kioe Uri 4 to Akahanga 9 there should then be 65 days:
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