. Japan's inheritance, the country, its people, and their destiny . VOLCANIC STLMP, SAMBOXTAKE,ISLES OF IZU. CKATEK-FLOOR OF TAKACHIHO,KYUSHU, SHOWING THE IRIPLE-CRATERED SHIRANESAN (KUSATSU). The total leiigtii of the crater is half a mile. The central, and largest, of the lakes consists ofboiling sulphitrcns icater. To race p. 146. Craters, Alive and Dead walls of mingled ash and sulphur. While themiddle lake is boiling, and might be labelleddangerous, the other two are cold. Their watershave been said to consist of hydrochloric acidwith lime and alum ; only needing to be di
. Japan's inheritance, the country, its people, and their destiny . VOLCANIC STLMP, SAMBOXTAKE,ISLES OF IZU. CKATEK-FLOOR OF TAKACHIHO,KYUSHU, SHOWING THE IRIPLE-CRATERED SHIRANESAN (KUSATSU). The total leiigtii of the crater is half a mile. The central, and largest, of the lakes consists ofboiling sulphitrcns icater. To race p. 146. Craters, Alive and Dead walls of mingled ash and sulphur. While themiddle lake is boiling, and might be labelleddangerous, the other two are cold. Their watershave been said to consist of hydrochloric acidwith lime and alum ; only needing to be dilutedand sweetened in order to constitute an excellentlemonade. i However, some water taken bymyself in 1906 from one of them was foundto contain a high percentage of sulphuric acid,which could scarcely do for a beverage. Thislinear arrangement of craters on the summit of asingle mountain is repeated in the case of Ontake(eight craters), Shiribeshi-yama (three craters),and several other ancient volcanoes. Othernotable examples of the abnormal are Usudake,in the Hokkaido, and Yakegatake, among theAlps of Hida. The former has at its sumtnitan ample crater, nearly hal
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