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idea of the seismic activit}- in Japan during the period covei-ed. The 

 annexed table nuiy, ll()we^'er; serve as a comparatively reliable compi- 

 lation of destructive caitlupiakes in Japan, though it covers only the 

 short j)eriod from 1596 to the present daj'. 



