Climatic Changes in Japan since Pliocene Epoch. 7 



than those of IMogi, a view wliich can partly be proved both 

 geologically and palseozoologically. 



As soon as I became aware of the above stated increase of 

 temperatm-e, it occurred to me that the so-called coral-bed of Noma^^ 

 in the southern part of the Sôbô Peninsula might belong to the 

 succeeding Diluvial age. The bed is a muddy sand filling the 

 valley-bottoms between the hills of the Pliocene rocks and not far 

 from the sea. The fossils consist of large masses of corals mixed 

 with shells and possess a very young looking aspect, on which 

 account they were hitherto supposed — quite vaguely of course— to 



be Prehistoric. But, as we do not find now such large corals in the 

 neighbouring seas, no one could tell how they happened to be 



1) Near the town of Tateyama in Awa ; latitude 35° N. and Longitude 139° 50' E. 



