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increasing in activity ratlicr than declining ; the smoke, however, 

 became less in qnantity, it roared strongly at 0.05 v.M., 7.15 p.m., 

 and 10.50 r.:\r. 



Feb. The Fifth Phase. The tburtli phase of activity, 



inckiding the period from January 28th to February 

 2nd, was now closed, and the status entered into the fifth i)hase. 

 This, the declining phase, still continued, manifesting the after- 

 eflects of the greatest volcanic activity we have seen since the An- 

 ei eruption, 130 years ago, in volcanic Japan. The activity on the 

 east side came to an end with the day immediately preceding, and 

 Maix vul- at the same time the main mdcanlsm of Sakiira-Jima, the 



CANISII Ol" 



sakvba- citv" side of it having been already at rest since the 27th. 



JIÎCA TEBMI- " cj ^ 



NATED rpj^g, minor manifestations w^ere mere after-effects. 



Tranquil on the v:est during the day, only making minor ex- 

 plosions 2 or 3 times in an hour. There was a lava glare only 

 once during the night and an explosion at 0.10 a.m. The east was 

 still active, ejecting ash late at night and early next morning, 

 which fell in the Kimotsuké and So districts in Osumi ; a strong 

 detonation occurred at 9.57 p.m. The lava-fronts w^ere pushing 

 seawards little hy little in both arms. 



Feb. From early morning posthumous smoke rather in- 



creased on the west, 4 or 5 times every hour. Of the 

 east nothing was known except occasional air -concussion s which 

 shook the city. 



On the 0th, 9 a.:\l to 11 a.m., air -concussions from the east 

 side rattled windows in the city at 7.55 p.m., a bright light was 

 noticed with outpourings of lava. An earthquake (scale 1) occurred 



Feb. ^^t 11.48 P.M. 



7tii— 8th 



At 4.40 a.:m., it roared rather stronglv and trem- 



