136 



S. SEKIYA AND Y. KIKUCHI 



exist no sketch or photograph showing; an accurate outline of Ko- 

 bandai before the explosion. 



The accompanying figure shows the probable appearance of the 

 mountain previous to the eruption ; this reconstruction of the original 

 scenery being made from the sayings of the people who knew the 

 mountain well, and from general topographical considerations. The 

 dotted line in the figure is the present outline of the mountain, viz., 

 the reproduction of the outline as shown in Fig. 1., PI. XXI., reduced 

 to one half. 



The prominent peak (k) is intended to be the restored form of 

 Kobandai or Little Bandai, which when seen from this side must 

 have looked more massive and prominent than Obandai, or Great 

 Bandai (ci). To the west of Kobandai immediately over Kamino-yu 

 (e), is seen a small prominence known as Yugeta-yama (?/), which 

 was half destroyed, forming now a very rugged precipice as already 

 mentioned. It is to be observed that the fumarole of Kamino-yu is 

 situated within a small ravine having a very steep side- wall, probably 

 itself a small explosion-crater formed at some former period. 



Four hamlets — Osuzawa, Hosono, Akimoto and Kawakami — have 

 been completely buried beneath the rock and mud along with their 



