Plate XXI. 



Fig. 1. — Crater as seen from the north near the village of Hibara, 

 three weeks after the eruption, and at a distance of 9 kilometres 

 — the position from -which the grand view of the devastation 

 could be seen with full effect. Among the débris from the crater 

 downward, may be seen innumerable numbers of conical mounds. 

 On the right hand are seen the hillsides bared by the torrent 

 of mud. The main feature of this figure is analogous to Fig. 1., 

 PL XVI. For the names of the principal peaks refer to that 

 plate. 



Fig. 2,- — View of the crater twenty days after the eruption, from its 

 edge just over the solfatara of Kaminoyu, looking down the 

 crater, at the bottom of which a small lake or pond may be seen. 

 On the right hand side is the characteristically rugged cliff of 

 Yugeta-yama, on the proximity of which are numerous withered 

 trees stripped of leaves. In the middle of the figure ai-e numerous 

 fissures puffing off steam and behind stands Kushigamine. The 

 distant mountain in the back-ground is the old volcano of 

 Dake-yama, 



Fig. 3. — Distant view of Bandai-san from its south side as seen 

 from the town of Wakamatsu, four weeks after the eruption. 

 The most prominent pointed peak is Obandai, exposing on its 

 flank a bare valley called Kara-sawa. The dotted line on 

 the left shows the original form of Ivobandai previous to the 

 eruption. The prominence immediately below is the remains 

 of Yugeta-yama. Down below is seen Marumori-yama as a 

 small protuberance. The peak to the right is Kushigamine. 

 The hills ridges in the foreground are the part of the Aizu-plateau. 



[From sketches hy Y. Kikuchi.] 



