Once again, 29 days after day 150 (MAY 30) the head of Mauga (the Mountain → the Old Man) had been cut off and he was dead - cfr how the top of the mauga glyph in Hb4-51 has been truncated from its stump at the root: ... hore te gao, to chop the head off ...
And we should now continue with 5a, and
according to how I a long time ago perceived
the divisions of the text there are 8 days in the
next group of glyphs:
There was no longer any sweet water. ... There was no water in the village. The lakes and rivers were dry. Raven and Crow, two young girls who were having their first menstrual courses, were told to go and draw water from the ocean. Finding the journey too long, Raven decided just to urinate into her basket-bucket. She decieved no one and was severly scolded. Crow returned much later but with drinking water. As a punishment, Raven was condemned never to find water in the summer; only in winter would she find something to drink. For that reason the Raven never drinks during the hot months; she speaks with a raucous voice because of her dry throat ...
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