56 Vol. XLIJI., Art. 6. — S. Tsuboi: 



'i'jh B ). At night, lighting flashes were seen and noises were 

 heard from the summit of the mountain. The land was frequently 

 shaken (probably airquake ?), and ashes and Pele's hairs fell 

 throughout the island. On September 29 (A>l^ü''t:H ), the volcano 

 became quiet, but again broke out in a violent eruption on October 

 1 (Af']'^:)lB), culminating in the middle of February, 1778 

 i^^'t^'iE}'i^'0]\ then gradually declining. 



On May 27, 1778 ($/1<4:^H^ n+HB ), lava flowed out 

 from the Mihara crater to the northeast and crept down along 

 Nakanosawa,'-* reaching a length of 1 ri (4 km.). 



From October, 1778 {^^-t^Af^T'a}), tlie volcanic activity 

 again became violent, and on November (;/L^+AB), lava 

 flowed down to the southwest along Akasawa'^ for 1.5 r^ (6 km.), 

 while on November 15 (\JL>P1— -h-hH), another lava streamed 

 along Gomisawa'-' for 2 rl (8 km.) falling intot he sea after 

 the " Sawaiian type '"^ (Fig. 30, p. 50). 



On December 18, 1778 (^?K'l:^-h— ^—h—H'), an eruption 

 took place at Sôhajikama.^^ 



The areas covered by the lavas of the An-ei era are indicated 

 on the geologic map (PI. V.). For the most part they can actually 

 be traced. The locality of Sôhajikama is not known. At the place 

 where a shrine called Hajikama"^ now stands (3b) there is no trace 

 of any such eruption. 



(8) 1803 (^fDH^) 

 On November 14, 1803 K^^ïiELifl'BM^), an eruption of 



i) B. Koto. " The Great Eruption of Sakum-jima in 191 1," Jour. Sri. Coll. Imp. Unlo. 

 Tokyo, Vol. XXXVIII., .\rt. 3, p. 78, 1916. 



