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495. Metoro mentioned tagata rogo also when reading side b:

E vae ra - ka oho - ki te henua - kua huki ku kikiu - te henua 18
Cb3-1 (50) Cb3-2
June 5 (522)

5h (76.1)

ε Leporis (76.0), CURSA = β Eridani (76.4), λ Eridani (76.7)

*35.0 = *76.4 - *41.4

6 (157 = 314 / 2)

μ Aurigae, μ Leporis (77.6)

Dec 5

Mula-19 (The Root)

SABIK (The Preceding One) = η Ophiuchi (259.7), η Scorpii (259.9)
6 (340)

NODUS I = ζ Draconis (260.0), π Herculis (260.7), RAS ALGETHI = α Herculis (260.8)

... Sacred product of the people's agriculture, the installation kava is brought forth in Lau by a representative of the native owners (mataqali Taqalevu), who proceeds to separate the main root in no ordinary way but by the violent thrusts of a sharp implement (probably, in the old time, a spear). Thus killed, the root (child of the land) is then passed to young men (warriors) of royal descent who, under the direction of a priest of the land, prepare and serve the ruler's cup ... 

manu rere i te taketake te henua - mau i te taketake manu rere kiore - henua 92

... The specific epithet taketake is Māori for long established, ancient, or original ...

Cb3-21 (70 = 47 + 23) Cb3-22 Cb4-1 (464 = 392 + 72) Cb4-2 (73 = 50 + 23)
June 25

no star listed (96)

26 (177)

β Monocerotis, ν Gemini (97.0)

27

no star listed (98)

28

ν Puppis (99.2), ψ3 Aurigae (99.4), ψ2 Aurigae (99.5)

*58.0 = *99.4 - *41.4

GEMMA (α Cor. Bor.)
Solstice (355 - 183 = 172) ºJune 22 (115 + 58) 23 24 (175 = 84 + 91)

... 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 ...

Dec 25

KAUS BOREALIS = λ Sagittarii (279.3)

26 (360)

ν Pavonis (280.4), κ Cor. Austr. (280.9)

*239.0 = *280.4 - *41.4
27

Abhijit-22 (Victorious)

θ Cor. Austr. (281.0), VEGA = α Lyrae (281.8)
28

no star listed (282)

Solstice (332 + 23 = 355) ºDec 22 23 24
hokohuki tagata ka pau tagata rima oho ki te kihikihi ki te ragi koia ra kua mau - i te ahi e tagata rogo

Ka. Particle of the affirmative imperative, of cardinal numerals, of independent ordinal numerals, and of emphatic exclamation, e.g. ka-maitaki! how nice! Vanaga. . 1. To light a fire in order to cook in the earth oven (see umu): he-ká i te umu, he-ká i te kai. 2. Figuratively: to fire up the soul. To put oneself in a fury (with manava): ku-ká-á toona manava he has become furious. Vanaga. 1. Of T. 2. Imperative sign; ka oho, ka tere, ka ea, begone!; ka ko iha, a greeting T; ka mou, hush; ka oho, goodbye. 3. Infinitive sign; mea meitaki ka rava, a thing good to take; ka harai kia mea, to accompany. 4. A prefix which forms ordinals from cardinals. 5. The dawning of the day. 6. Different (? ke). Churchill.

Pau. 1. To run out (food, water): ekó pau te kai, te vai, is said when there is an abundance of food or water, and there is no fear of running out. Puna pau, a small natural well near the quarry where the 'hats' (pukao) were made; it was so called because only a little water could be drawn from it every day and it ran dry very soon. 2. Va'e pau, clubfoot. Paupau:  Curved. Vanaga. 1. Hakapau, to pierce (cf. takapau, to thrust into). Pau.: pau, a cut, a wound, bruised, black and blue. 2. Resin. Mq.: epau, resin. Ta.: tepau, gum, pitch, resin. (Paupau) Hakapaupau, grimace, ironry, to grin. 3. Paura (powder), gunpowder. 4. Pau.: paupau, breathless. Ta.: paupau, id. 5. Ta.: pau, consumed, expended. Sa.: pau, to come to an end. Ma.: pau, finished. 6. Ta.: pau, to wet one another. Mq.: pau, to moisten. Churchill. Paua or pāua is the Māori name given to three species of large edible sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs which belong to the family Haliotidae (genus Haliotis), known in the USA as abalone, and in the UK as ormer shells ... Wikipedia

Cb7-22 Cb7-23 Cb7-24 (168) Cb7-25 Cb7-26 (392 + 170) Cb7-27 (9 * 19)
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
Sept 29

ι Crucis (192.2), β Muscae (192.5), MIMOSA = β Crucis (192.9)

30 (273)

no star listed (193)

Oct 1

κ Crucis (194.4), ψ Virginis (194.5), μ Crucis, λ Crucis (194.6), ALIOTH (Fat Tail) = ε Ursae Majoris, ι Oct. (194.8)

*153.0 = *194.4 - *41.4
2

MINELAUVA = δ Virginis (195.1), COR CAROLI = α Canum Ven. (195.3)

3

δ Muscae (196.5) , VINDEMIATRIX (Grape Gatherer) = ε Virginis (196.8)

4

13h (197.8)

ξ¹ Centauri (197.1), ξ² Centauri (197.9)
ºSept 25 26 27 (270) 28 29 30
'Sept 2 3 4 5 (275 - 27 = 248) 6 7 (250)
"Aug 19 20 21 22 (275 - 41 = 234) 23 24
JULY 27 28 29 30 (275 - 64 = 211) 31 AUG 1
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
March 30

ξ Phoenicis (9.0), ρ Tucanae (9.1), DENEB KAITOS (Tail of the Sea Beast) = β Ceti, η Phoenicis (9.4), AL NITHĀM (String of Pearls) = φ¹ Ceti (9.6)

*334.0 = *375.4 - *41.4
31 (90)

ACHIRD (Woman with Luminous Rays) = η Cassiopeiae (10.7)

April 1

Legs-15 (Wolf)

ν Andromedae (11.0), φ² Ceti (11.1), ρ Phoenicis (11.2), η Andromedae (11.4)

*336.0 = *377.4 - *41.4
2

CIH (Whip) = γ Cassiopeiae, λ Tucanae (12.4), φ³ Ceti (12.6), μ Andromedae (12.8)

*12.4 + *366 -*41.4 = *337
3

φ4 Ceti (13.2)

4

no star listed (14)

ºMarch 26 27 28 29 (88) 30 31
'March 3 4 5 (91 - 27 = 64) 6 7 8
"Febr 17 18 19 (91 - 41 = 50) 20 21 22
JAN 25 26 27 (= 91 - 64) 28 29 30

When in early October Mimosa was close to the Full Moon it meant a week had gone by after the day of spring equinox (in September 22). North of the equator, on the other hand, summer was here in the past, and the Rogo figure in Cb7-24 was evidently designed with an open hand in front to illustrate this fact.

... 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 ...

Also the tagata rogo figure in Cb7-27 has an empty hand, thereby presumably stating that he belongs together with Rogo in Cb7-24. The fire (ka) had gone out (pau) and only the ashes (te kihikihi) remained. Here Metoro seems to have talked about the situation north of the equator and the creator of the C text could, indeed, in Cb7-26 have illustrated how the Sun now was moving down to the southern hemisphere. At the horizon in the west not only the Full Moon but also the folly grown Sun lost power and were sagging:

Aa1-28 Aa1-29 Aa1-30 Aa1-31
ka puhi hoki ki te ahi ma te hokohuki ki te ahi e uhi tapamea
Aa1-32 Aa1-33 Aa1-34 Aa1-35 Aa1-36
ka puhi hoki ki te ahi ma te toga tu te tapamea e tagata hakaganagana e uhi tapamea

Then follows glyph number 172 (→ June solstice) with a pair of beautifully rounded 'great fires' - like the figure 8 (or infinity; ∞):

Hetu erua tagata rere ki te ragi

Hetu 1. To (make) sound; figuratively: famous, renowned. 2. To crumble into embers (of a bonfire). Hetu'u. Star, planet; hetu'u popohaga morning star; hetu'u ahiahi evening star; hetu'u viri meteorite. Vanaga. Hetu 1. Star (heetuu); hetu rere, meteor; hetu pupura, planet. P Pau.: hetu, star. Mgv.: etu, id. Mq.: fetu, hetu, id. Ta.: fetu, fetia, id. The alternative form fetia in Tahiti, now the only one in common use, need not be regarded as an anomaly in mutation. It seems to derive from Paumotu fetika, a planet. Its introduction into Tahiti is due to the fashion of accepting Paumotu vocables which arose when the house of Pomare came into power. 2. Capital letter (? he tu). 3. To amuse. 4. To stamp the feet. Hetuhetu, to calk, to strike the water. Hetuke, sea urchin. Churchill.

Cb8-1 (172) Cb8-2 (565 = 392 + 173) Cb8-3

... The manner of his death can be reconstructed from a variety of legends, folk-customs and other religious survivals. At mid-summer, at the end of a half-year reign, Hercules is made drunk with mead and led into the middle of a circle of twelve stones arranged around an oak, in front of which stands an altar-stone; the oak has been lopped until it is T-shaped. He is bound to it with willow thongs in the 'five-fold bond' which joins wrists, neck, and ankles together, beaten by his comrades till he faints, then flayed, blinded, castrated, impaled with a mistletoe stake, and finally hacked into joints on the altar-stone. His blood is caught in a basin and used for sprinkling the whole tribe to make them vigorous and fruitful. The joints are roasted at twin fires of oak-loppings, kindled with sacred fire preserved from a lightning-blasted oak or made by twirling an alder- or cornel-wood fire-drill in an oak log. The trunk is then uprooted and split into faggots which are added to the flames. The twelve merry-men rush in a wild figure-of-eight dance around the fires, singing ecstatically and tearing at the flesh with their teeth. The bloody remains are burnt in the fire, all except the genitals and the head. These are put into an alder-wood boat and floated down the river to an islet; though the head is sometimes cured with smoke and preserved for oracular use. His tanist succeeds him and reigns for the remainder of the year, when he is sacrificially killed by a new Hercules ...

CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
Oct 5

APAMI-ATSA (Child of Waters) = θ Virginis, ψ Hydrae (198.5), DIADEM = α Com. Ber. (198.9)

6 (96 + 183)

AL DAFĪRAH (Tuft) = β Com. Ber. (199.4)

*158.0 = *199.4 - *41.4

7 (280)

σ Virginis (200.4)

*159.0 = *200.4 - *41.4
ºOct 1 2 (275) 3
'Sept 8 9 (279 - 27 = 252) 10
"Aug 25 (237) 26 27
AUG 2 (214) 3 4
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
April 5

1h (15.2)

β Phoenicis (15.1), υ Phoenicis, ι Tucanae (15.6), η Ceti, ζ Phoenicis (15.7)
6 (96)

Al Batn Al Hūt-26 (Belly of the Fish) / Revati-28 (Prosperous) / 1-iku (Field Measure)

MIRACH (Girdle) = β Andromedae, KEUN MAN MUN (Camp's South Gate) = φ Andromedae (16.0), ANUNITUM = τ Piscium (16.5), REVATI (Abundant) = ζ Piscium (16.9)

 REGULUS (α Leonis)
7

ν Phoenicis (17.4), κ Tucanae (17.6)

*341.0 = 421 - 80 = *382.4 - *41.4 

... Though Andromeda has its roots most firmly in the Greek tradition, a female figure in Andromeda's place appeared in Babylonian astronomy. The stars that make up Pisces and the middle portion of modern Andromeda formed a constellation representing a fertility goddess, sometimes named as Anunitum or the Lady of the Heavens ...

ºApril 1 2 (92 = 275 - 183) 3
'March 9 10 11 (70)
"Febr 23 (Terminalia) 24 (Bissextum) 25 (365 + 56 = 421)
JAN 31 FEBR 1 2 (33)

... The leap day was introduced as part of the Julian reform. The day following the Terminalia (February 23) was doubled, forming the 'bis sextum - literally 'double sixth', since February 24 was 'the sixth day before the Kalends of March' using Roman inclusive counting (March 1 was the 'first day'). Although exceptions exist, the first day of the bis sextum (February 24) was usually regarded as the intercalated or 'bissextile' day since the third century. February 29 came to be regarded as the leap day when the Roman system of numbering days was replaced by sequential numbering in the late Middle Ages ...

According to the Gregorian calendar the last day in ºMarch was 10 days after the northern spring equinox. We can guess the rule on Hawaii to count 10 days from the return to visibility of the Pleiades to the beginning of the circuit of Lono could have been correlated with this observation. For the spring equinox point ruled also where the rest of the cardinal points of the Sun should be located, and by adding 23 to tagata rogo in Cb7-27 (171) we will find Cb8-23 (→ 8 * 23 = 184), where a new little piece of land (henua) seemss to be emerging under a 'swollen club':

17 koia ia kua haga ia - kua huki koia ra - tona mea
Cb8-21 (584 = 392 + 192) Cb8-22 Cb8-23 (171 + 23 = 194)
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
Oct 25 (115 + 183)

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

FOMALHAUT (α Piscis Austrini)
26 (365 + 299 = 664)

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

27 (300)

σ Bootis (220.2), η Centauri (220.4)

*179.0 = *220.4 - *41.4

ºOct 21 22 (295) 23
'Sept 28 29 30 (273)
"Sept 14 15 16 (259)
AUG 21 22 (600) 23 (236)
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
April 25 (115)

ξ¹ Arietis (35.0), ρ Ceti (35.4), ξ² Ceti (35.9)

26

σ Ceti (36.9)

27

ν Ceti (37.9)

ºApril 21 (111) 22 23
'March 29 (88 = 115 - 27) 30 31
"March 15 (74 = 115 - 41) 16 17
FEBR 20 (51 = 115 - 64) 21 22

Number play suggests the synodic cycle of Venus (approximately 584 days). And if the Explorers went from Hiva in April 25 (= Vaitu Nui 25), then we should look ahead 37 (152 - 115) glyphs counted from Cb8-21 in order to find Easter Island, to glyph 192 + 37 = 229 (equal to the number of glyphs on side a of the G tablet).

... [E:17] 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 ...

32 o te nuku erua nuku tagata oho maitaki

Nuku. 1. Pau.: nuka, crowd, throng. Ta.: nuú, army, fleet. Mg.: nuku, a host, army. 2. Mgv.: nuku, land, country, place. Sa.: nu'u, district, territory, island. Churchill.

Cb9-27 (227 → π) Cb9-28 (620 = 392 + 228) Cb9-29 Cb9-30 (230 → 10 * 23)
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:

Nov 29 (150 + 183)

ATRIA = α Tr. Austr. (253.9)

30 (*254 = *71 + *183)

Tail-6 (Tiger)

WEI (Tail) = ε Scorpii, η Arae (254.3), DENEBAKRAB = μ Scorpii (254.7)
Dec 1 (365 + 335 = 700)

Ophiuchi (255.3), GRAFIAS (Claws) = ζ Scorpii (255.4)

*214.0 = *255.4 - *41.4

2 (336 = 320 + 16)

κ Ophiuchi (256.2), ζ Arae (256.5), ε Arae (256.8), CUJAM (Club) = ε Herculi (256.9)
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
May 30 (→ 5 * 30 = 150)

no star listed (70)

31

TABIT = π³ Orionis (71.7), π² Orionis (71.9)

320 (South Pole star, Dramasa) - 71 (Tabit) = 249 (Antares)

June 1 (152 = 136 + 16)

π4 Orionis (72.1), ο¹ Orionis (72.4), π5 Orionis (72.8)

*31.0 = *72.4 - *41.4
2

π¹ Orionis (73.0), ο² Orionis (73.4), HASSALEH = ι Aurigae (73.6), π6 Orionis (73.9)

*32.0 = *73.4 - *41.4