LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PLATES. 



I. A. Gulf of Tartary in winter. 



B. Street scene after a snowfall in a town in Echigo. 



II. A. Mt. Fuji, looking north from the coast of the bay of Suruga. 



B. Aeroplane view of Mt. Fuji from the east : the highest peak Kenga- 

 miue at the back of the crater ; an ascent-trail in thfi foreground. 



III. A. The rapids of the River Hotsu, near Kyoto : a raft coming down from 



Tamba Plateau. 

 B. A peak near Yari-ga-take in the Hida Eange or " Japanese Alps ". 



IV. A. Ruins of the Library of Tokyo Imperial University, after the great 



earthquake fire of 1923. 

 B. Tokyo Imperial University in reconstruction : through the main 

 gateway appears the assembly hall ; faculty buildings on both sides. 



V. A. A scene in the business centre of Tokyo, after the shock and fire of 

 the great earthquake of 1923. 

 B. A street in partially reconstructed Tokyo. 

 VI. A. Kiyomidzu Temple in Kyoto : cherry trees in full bloom. 

 B. Kawasaki dockyard in the harbour of Kobe. 



VII. A. Ruined astronomical observatory in Keishu (Kyong-ju), the capital of 

 the ancient Kingdom of Shiragi (Shinra) in South Korea. 

 B. The courtyard of a village house in Yap, " the Island of Stone 

 Money ". 

 VIII. Mean annual rainfall 1911-1920. 

 TX. Upper: The Central Meteorological Observatory, JTokyo. 

 Lower : The Imperial Marine Observat ry, Kobe. 



X. Sketch map of the Japanese Empire and the Micronesias under the Japanese 



Mandatory Rule. 

 XI. (1) Ainu, Hokkaido. (2) Giliak, Saghalien. (3) Oroke, Saghalien. 

 (4) Taiwal, Formosa. 

 XII. (5) Truk man, Coroline Islands. (6) Group of chiefs, Palau. 



XIII. Tokyo observation of the Destructive Earthquake of Sept. 1, 1923. 



XIV. The principal horizontal movement of the destructive Earthquake of 



September 1, 1923. 

 XV. Map showing the Seismic Area of the Great Earthquake of September 1, 

 1923. 

 XVL A. Tokyo observation of the Earthquake of September 1, 1923 : 5'' 22™ 

 49«. (G.M.T.) 



