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of Djozou and Gemba-kori, and swelled it so prodigiously that 

 it overflowed, carried away houses, and laid waste the whole 

 country. The number of persons who perished was immense. 



At Zinya-tchekou, on the road to Naya-kama, there were 

 incessant and violent shocks from the 6th to the 8th. 



At Sakamoto-tchekou, there was a continued shower of red- 

 hot stones from the 6th to the 6th. 



At Fonsio-tchekou, gravel fell in an incessant torrent. 



At Kouraye-sawa, there fell such a prodigious quantity of 

 red-hot stones, that all the inhabitants perished in the flames, 

 with the exception of the chief magistrate : the exact number of 

 this dead is not known. 



On the 9th, about one o'clock, large trees and timbers of 

 houses began to be seen floating on the river of Yedo, which 

 was soon afterwards completely covered with the mangled car- 

 casses of men and beasts. In the country of Zinzou, the devas- 

 tation extended over a tract of thirty leagues. 



At Siomio, Asouma-kori, and Kamawara-moura, at the foot 

 of Mount Asama, all the inhabitants perished except seventeen. 



Half of the village of Daizen-moura was carried away by the 

 lava. 



The villages of Nisikoubo-moura, Nakai'-moura, Fao-moura, 

 Kousaki-faramoura, and Matski-moura, totally disappeared. 



At the village of Tsoubou-moura, the warehouse of Souki- 

 sayemon was preserved ; all the other houses, with the inhabi- 

 tants, were swept away by the fiery deluge. 



The villages of Tsoutchewara-moura, Yokokabe-moura, Koto- 

 moura, Kawato-moura, Fa-moura, Kawafarayou-moura, and 

 Farada-moura were likewise swept away. 



Fifty- seven houses of the village of Misima-moura were swal- 

 lowed up, and sixteen persons carried away by the torrent, 

 which every where left a sediment of sand of the depth of ten 



At Gounba-kori, Kawasima and Fara-moura, out of 153 

 houses, six only were left ; the others were carried away. 



The whole village of Obasi-moura disappeared. 



The village of Ono-moura and the guard-house of Mokou 

 were swept away by a torrent of boihng mud. 



The village of Yemaye-moura was completely buried by sand. 



Many other villages, besides those here named, either partly 

 disappeared with their inhabitants, or were swept away. It was 

 impossible to determine the number of the dead, and the devas- 

 tation was incalculable. P. 97 — 100. 



On the 18th of the first month of the fifth year Kouansei 

 (1793), about five o'clock in the afternoon, the whole summit of 

 the mountain of Unsen fell in, and the cavity thus formed was 

 so deep, that it was impossible to hear the noise made in falling 

 by the stones that were thrown into it. Torrents of boiling 

 water gushed from all parts, and the vapour which rose from it 



