EATITHQÜ.UIF OF CENTRAT, TAPAX, 1S91. 393 



1)0(1 of tlio vivor Non \Yas so nmeli alteivil tliat l'apiiU appearod in pavts of it 

 wliieh liad proviously bet^ii pools, aiul deep pools wore formed where shallows had 

 formerly existed. // inmhl si'fin us thutiiih thf canst' of thr lust r/utli(/ii(i/,-i' mis the 

 cniiiil'liiitl aivdij dj' h'tiji-tnni ut the J'not al' } Li/iUsu/t. 



r>\ this local depression six seismic lines were formed radiating from this 

 very spot. The first line goes down the valley southwards, bifurcating close to 

 Itaya ; one branch proceeds south-eastwards through Takatomi, Akutami, and 

 Inuyama, the other follows the valley down through Tovama, Gifu, and Kasa- 

 matsu. The second line takes the southern course along the Avestern ridge of the 

 Neo valley. The third runs north-east over the Pass of Haiböshi to Ono göri, 

 while the fifth and sixth go right through ^Nlount TTakusan to Imadate göri, both 

 ill the province of ]']cliizeii. J'hns Inj n Innilslip <tf I'lijilani, tltr iji-cat eartlnpitthe 

 iras occnsioiii'il, tilt districts trari'jscd Jnj tjic uiinri'-riu'iitioinul si.r lines hciiKj sercrcli/ 

 sJiif/:cii. 



Dv. 'I. r. lîciTv.' <if Dö^hisli:! Hospital. Kyoto, ofierorl another 

 hv]iothesis in ex])laMatioii of* the cause of the earth(|iiak('. this heiiio- 

 the possible dependent relations of seismic distnrliances n])on the 

 electric condition of the eai'th. 



J)i'. HeiTV. while staving" in O^'aki. experienced the >iC\ove 

 shakings and the distant tliundei's of the shocks, sometimes heard 

 for thi-ee seconds (?) liefore the tremors coidd lie felt. J If vas 

 proloiiNilhi tiiiiiri'sscil ifilli tin' ilioiKjltt llnit Nnlli/ii<i /*/// l]it' pmrcr of 

 i'h'clncilij rniilil proilticc l]ux rrsiilt. lie riujitnU mi lutrlhijixtl:)' slinclt' 

 (1.^ Iiiit (in I'Jiu-lric storm in tlw earth. 



77/." laiMn ]]Wl-lij ^[ail, Xoy. 14. 1891. Yok<-ihauia. 



