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brown scar loft by the slip can be distinctly seen from a distance, 

 and tlie disappearance of pointed rocks deformed and lowered the 

 topography of the western slope. 

 The 11th, ^^^ earthquake of the same intensity (scale 2) was 



Afternoon • i t i -i -, i -i 



experienced between noon and 1 r.M., and some people 

 saw a light-bluish cloud rising on the western slope (the first sign 

 of explosion on the west?). About 2 p.m. a man in Tarumizu saw 

 light white clouds rising just above Ari-mura at about what cor- 

 responded later to the Sen-yemon venthole (No. 1 vent) on the 

 southeastern slope of Mt. Sakura-jima (the sign of explosion on 

 the cast?). It may have been either condensation of steam below, 

 or of vapor in the air by ionization. This fact indicated that the 

 lava already ascended through the channel up to within 300 m. 

 from the surface, as it has been experimentally proved that the 

 liberation of gases begins with the pressure corresponding to that 

 depth. 



From noon, in fine weather, the frequency of the shocks was 

 10 in an hour till 8 p.m., whence it doubled, keeping this up till 

 about 10 a.m. of the next day, the tragic 12th. The recorded 

 shocks from the beginning down to this moment (12th, 10 a.m.) 

 were 418. 



The 11th, Shoclvs of the samc degree (scale 2) occurred once 



between 5 and 6 p.:\i., ahd again between 7 and 8 p.m. 

 At 7.15 p.m., cannonade-like sounds and tremblings occurred for 

 The West the fii'st time. A policemau at Yokoyama in western 

 Sakura-jima reported at night to the authorities that high up in 

 The fi.yino the back mountain he saw smoke rising and red-Jiot 



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Stones stoucs ßjjinfj (ihout. Duriug tlic wholc day the island 



was incessantly shaken, and roof tiles slipped from the eaves, 

 showing the peculiar nature of the quaking. Apprehending the 



