earI'hQUâke of CeN'tkal Japan, "1891. 



337 



It goes right through tlie hamlet of Jôbara (Uuiéhara),* where, in 

 a front garden adjoining a farmer's house, there are two stately 

 persimmon trees, Diospi/ros hdi, which liad stood time out of 

 mind in an en;-t-west line. The line of fault traverses the space 

 between the two from the south-east to north-west, and as usual 

 the north side was shoved north-west, so that, to the great 

 astonishment of the owner, they now stand in a north-S(^uth 

 line instead of east-west, without being in the least impaired, 

 and still adorn a corner <jf the inclosure. The plane of dislocation, 



which served at the same time as 

 that of sliifting, appeared on the 

 hard face of the ground as a mere 

 line, so that to any person not 

 initiated into the structure of a 

 fault the displacement of the trees 

 was cjuite unintelligible, and ap- 

 ] eared io the astonished peasants 

 as a marvel with no apTxu'ent cause. 

 ./ A lew doors be3'oiid, there was a 

 water course in front of a 

 cottage, as is common in Japanese 

 villages, which being cut by the 

 line of fault, and the ground on which the house stood, sinking shghtly, 

 unexpectedly inundated the place. After this, the line appears in the 

 muddy fields of Nakamura and Köden,.with the north side dislodged. 

 In consequence, a second swamp resulted wliich lias an extent of 25 

 hectares, or nearly 25 clw. From here to Omori the road ascends 

 the slight elevation of Koshigirizaka, at the very top of which the 

 fault cuts off the solid rock, leaving the north side depressed. 



* See the sketch uuip, p. 332. 



