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Once again. Measuring 15 days for the duration when a star was hidden by the bright rays from the Sun

could mean we should understand the 44 day long sea voyage of the Double Canoe to be equal to 29 (star visible) + 15 (star invisible).

I.e, we should count 29 star nights followed by 15 nights when the star was invisible. Indeed, there are 29 glyphs in line Ga6:

AUG 9 10 (222) 11 12 13 (*145) 24
Ga6-1 Ga6-2 Ga6-3 Ga6-4 (144) Ga6-5
HEZE = ζ Virginis (205.0), Southern Pinwheel Galaxy = M83 Hydrae (205.7)

ε Centauri (206.3), κ Oct. (206.4)

*165.0 = *206.4 - *41.4
no star listed (207) 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)
Oct 12 (285) 13 14 15 (*208) 16
°Oct 8 9 10 11 (*204) 12 (285)
'Sept 15 16 17 (260) 18 19 (*182)
"Sept 1 Hora Nui 2 (245) 3 4 5 (*168 = *145 + *23)
29
SEPT 7 8 (251) 9 (*172) 10
Ga7-1 Ga7-2 Ga7-3 (172)
NUSAKAN (Pauper's Bowl) = β Cor. Bor. (234.0), κ¹ Apodis (234.3), ν Bootis (234.7), ζ Librae (234.9)

θ Cor. Borealis (235.3), γ Lupi (235.6), GEMMA = α Cor. Bor., ZUBEN ELAKRAB = γ Librae, QIN = δ Serpentis, ε Tr. Austr. (235.7), μ Cor. Borealis (235.8), υ Librae (235.9)

SIRRAH (α Andromedae)
φ Bootis (236.2), ω Lupi, τ Librae (236.3), ψ¹ Lupi (236.7), ζ Cor. Borealis (236.9)
Nov 10 (314) 11 (*235) 12
°Nov 6 (310) 7 (*231) 8
'Oct 14 (287) 15 (*208) 16
"Sept 30 (273) "Oct 1 2 (*195)

... In other words, the ancient Druidic religion based on the oak-cult will be swept away by Christianity and the door - the god Llyr - will languish forgotten in the Castle of Arianrhod, the Corona Borealis. This helps us to understand the relationship at Rome of Janus and the White Goddess Cardea who is ... the Goddess of Hinges who came to Rome from Alba Longa. She was the hinge on which the year swung - the ancient Latin, not the Etruscan year - and her importance as such is recorded in the Latin adjective cardinalis - as we say in English 'of cardinal importance - which was also applied to the four main winds; for winds were considered as under the sole direction of the Great Goddess until Classical times ...

SEPT 20 (*183) 21 EQUINOX 23 (266) 24 25
Ga7-14 Ga7-15 Ga7-16 Ga7-17 (186) Ga7-18 Ga7-19

Heart-5 (Fox)

σ Scorpii (247.0), HEJIAN = γ Herculis (247.2), ψ Ophiuchi (247.7)
ρ Ophiuchi (248.1), KAJAM (Club) = ω Herculis (248.3), χ Ophiuchi (248.5), SHE LOW (Market Tower) = υ Ophiuchi, Tr. Austr. (248.7), ζ Tr. Austr. (248.8)

Al Kalb-16 (The Heart) / Jyeshtha-18 (Eldest) / ANA-MUA-1 (Entrance pillar)

ANTARES = α Scorpii (249.1), MARFIK (Elbow)  = λ Ophiuchi, φ Ophiuchi (249.5),  ω Ophiuchi (249.8)
γ Apodis (250.1), σ Herculis (250.3), θ Tr. Austr. (250.6), τ Scorpii (250.7) HAN = ζ Ophiuchi (251.0) ζ Herculis, η Tr. Austr. (252.1), η Herculis, β Apodis (252.5)
Nov 23 (327) 24 25 26 (*250) 27 28
°Nov 19 20 (324) 21 22 (*246) 23 24
'Oct 27 (300) 28 29 (*222) 30 31 'Nov 1
"Oct 13 14 Tagaroa Uri 15 16 17 (290) 18

The figure in Ga7-15 seems to illustrate the cardinal point of the Pleiades - like 6 black berries held high - in contrast to the single great fist (→ nothing as yet counted) held high 5 days later:

... The practice of turning down the fingers, contrary to our practice, deserves notice, as perhaps explaining why sometimes savages are reported to be unable to count above four. The European holds up one finger, which he counts, the native counts those that are down and says 'four'. Two fingers held up, the native counting those that are down, calls 'three'; and so on until the white man, holding up five fingers, gives the native none turned down to count. The native is nunplussed, and the enquirer reports that savages can not count above four ...

SEPT 26 27 (270 = 3 * 90) 28 29 30 (*193)
Ga7-20 Ga7-21 Ga7-22 Ga7-23 (192) Ga7-24
ATRIA = α Tr. Austr. (253.9)

Tail-6 (Tiger)

WEI (Tail) = ε Scorpii, η Arae (254.3), DENEBAKRAB = μ Scorpii (254.7)
Ophiuchi (255.3), GRAFIAS (Claws) = ζ Scorpii (255.4)

*214.0 = *255.4 - *41.4

κ Ophiuchi (256.2), ζ Arae (256.5), ε Arae (256.8), CUJAM (Club) = ε Herculi (256.9) no star listed (257)
Nov 29 30 (*254) Dec 1 2 (336) 3
°Nov 25 26 (*250) 27 28 (332) 29
'Nov 2 3 (*227) 4 5 6 (310)
"Oct 19 20 21 22 (295) 23 (*216)

When the Sun was at the Tail (Deneb) of the Scorpion (Akrab) the Full Moon was at the Tail (Wei) of the Tiger