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and some six or seven years ago received Imperial recognition. The 

 rank of Shö-shi-i (IE K jk), or Senior 4tli class, was at that time 

 conferred on him. Excepting nobles, very few held that rank in the 

 days when Inö flourished, although it is common enough nowadays. 

 Such posthumous honours are, besides, very rare. A stone monument 

 in his honour is very soon to be put up in Tokyo. 



In preparing this short biography of Ino, I have been fortunate 

 in the hearty assistance of Mr. Arai, Superintendent of the Meteoro- 

 loofical Office, and of Professor Yamao-awa and Mr. Nag-aoka of the 

 Imperial University, without whose aid indeed I could have done 

 little or nothino". 



