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go out offshore. A slight ratthng sound was produced by wind 

 and wave hke that of flying desert sand on stormy days. The 

 next morning, however, the wind cleared off the sheet of floating 

 pumice toward the western shore where it aroused much interest. 

 From 10 a.:\i. onwards earthquakes were frequent. At night 

 it drizzled a little in Kagoshima, probably from condensation of 

 air by suspended ash particles, and the subterranean disturbance 

 subsided. It rained also a little during the night at Fukuyama, 

 which only moistened the eaves of houses, but hid the distant 

 view of the glare of lava-flows (Text-fig. 14 ^). The coastal popula- 

 tion who fled to a distance were gradually coming home with an 

 anxious air, being perhaps encouraged by the writer's visit to tlie 

 region. 



Jan. 18th 'pj^^j weather was fine in contrast to the day before 



and the island visible from the city, while on the leeward side 



West Side (cast) it drizzlcd iu early morning. The activity on the 

 west rather abated from 5 a.m., but at night revived till 1 a.m., next 

 morning. The lava buried the shore as far as Akôbara, touching 

 the Hakamagoshi hill ; and at 3 r.:\i., it came into contact with the 

 north end of Karasu-jima (PI. VI. Fig. 3), 550 m. distant from the 

 shore of Akamizu, while on the south side of it the lava advanced 

 a little further seawards. Saline fumes covered the entire front, 

 the temperature of water near by being 2 3 --30^ C. 



East Side rpj^^ Writer made a pioneer trip from Fukuyama to 

 the lava end at the Séto channel. Proceeding southwards along 

 the ash-covered coast to Sakai (7 km.) where pumice began to 

 appear (size 1.5 c??2.), it became thicker at Futagawa (1.2;».. in 

 the plain and 1.8 m. in wind shaded places). Further southwards 

 pumice or rather lapilli became coarser {see Text-fig. 22) and thicker, 

 so tliat tlie deposit reached the cares (2 m.) of houses and the top of 



