THE GIÎEAT ERUPTION OF SAKURA-JIMA IN 1914. 57 



of 1913, Kagosbima and lier environs showed many precursory 

 and abnormal signs of subterranean convulsion. During the spring 

 HoT-spRixGs of 1913, the hot-springs of Kurokami on the eastern 

 coast of Sakura-jima ceased to flow, so that the inn-keepers were 

 obhged to give up their business. A little later, at Arimura and 

 Yuno on the south, tlie alkahne hot- springs, all situated at the 

 water's edge, became too hot for bathing during low, l)ut cool 

 during high tides through dilution with sea water. These incidents 

 indicated that gases were already ascending from crevices, or 

 lieated waters seeping down from above. {Sec p. 47). 



From the 19th to tlie 30tli May, especially the 22nd and tlie 

 23rd, the atrio-hke hollow of the Yoshimatsu area, 

 "^'eÏeÎh^*^^ ^'"^ ^''^'^- '^o ^^^^ north of Kagoshima, with the epicentre 

 '^"'^^ ' near the above-named railway station at the northwestern 



foot of the Kirishima volcanoes quaked repeatedly, accompanied 

 with detonations {sec the Summary), causing anxiety to the in 

 habitants. On June 29 and 30, while the quakings of Yoshi- 

 matsu Avere attaining their climax, sympathetic earthquakes tem- 

 porarily occurred near Kagoshima and the westerly lying pumice 



T. A. 'Tagger Jr., ' Letter from Sakurfi-jimu.' Weekly Ball. Uaicitiian Volcano Observatory, 

 No. 13, 1014. 



Omori, ' Tlie Sakani-jim.i Eruptions and Earthquakes.' I. and H. Bull. Imp. Earthq. Invest. 

 Com., Vol. Vni. TS[os. 1-2, 1914-1910, Tokyo. 



Satf), ' Eruption of the Volcano of Sakurajima.' Ball. Imp. Geol. Sarv. Japan, Vol. XXIV. 

 No. 1, 191 1, with an English resume. 



Azumfi, 'The Great Eruption at Sakura-jima of 1914.' (:h iE '=. ^ tM ai Tk. \\U '/< hB) 

 Kagoshima, 1914, pp. 1-2.52. (Japanese) 



' The True Account of the Great Explosion of Salaira-jima in 1914.' {-}^ jp. ;-i. ijî. @ J^ ;^ 

 'Ig ^ ^ nû) Published by IVie Kylshû Daily News, Kumamoto, 1914, pp. 80. (Japanese) 



' The Great Explosion and Earthquakes of Sakura-jima.' (f§| ^ ^ 'J:|4 S ffS) PubHshetl 

 by the Répertoriai Staff of The Kaqoshima Nevis, Kagoshima, 1914, pp. 340. (Japanese) 



' Sketclies of the Great Eruption of Sakura-jima in 1914,' by the Meteorol. Observ. Ivago- 

 shima, 1915. :;^ E H ip- ti â Hi :^ nR 'A ^ S Hi 



Official Eeports of the Kagoshima ^Meteorological Observatory on the recent eruptions are 

 found in Jour. Meteorol. Soc. Japan for 1914. 



