. Japan's inheritance, the country, its people, and their destiny . her parts ofJapan, carry their fagots and their vessels ofwater—as they will carry the ijinsan^s chattels—on their heads. Along the coast numerous reefs and promon-tories of a very dark and massive lava, approxi-mating to basalt, project into the sea. Theyseparate rapidly shelving beaches of clean,volcanic sand—almost black in places. Onthis, the less exposed side, the slopes of themountain are beautifully wooded, up to 2,000feet. From Motomura the path leads throughgroves of cryptomeria, camellia, and boxwoodtrees into the de
. Japan's inheritance, the country, its people, and their destiny . her parts ofJapan, carry their fagots and their vessels ofwater—as they will carry the ijinsan^s chattels—on their heads. Along the coast numerous reefs and promon-tories of a very dark and massive lava, approxi-mating to basalt, project into the sea. Theyseparate rapidly shelving beaches of clean,volcanic sand—almost black in places. Onthis, the less exposed side, the slopes of themountain are beautifully wooded, up to 2,000feet. From Motomura the path leads throughgroves of cryptomeria, camellia, and boxwoodtrees into the denser foliage which encircles thewaist of the mountain. Only a thin layer of soilcovers the deposits of ashes and scorias, manyfeet in thickness, in which the track lies intervals, through openings in the woods,delightful views of the surf-fringed shores of theisland meet the eye. Southwards, the lesser islesof Izu may be discerned rising sheer out of thesea, while across the channel the rugged hills ofIzu are crowned by the snow-streaked cone of 153. OSHlMA. («^>J>. ^- A Vapov<.Y S-pYino ft loTii /?lli I-*** »* J^Wij •flows. Some Typical Volcanic Ascents Fuji, triumphant over the gloom in which itssweeping base is lost. At an elevation of about 2,000 feet the con-verging sides of the cone end abruptly in analmost circular amphitheatre of cliffs, enclosing—save on the east—a comparatively level plain2 miles in diameter—the floor of a vast ancientcrater. From an abrupt and perilous brinkthe traveller looks down upon this wildernessof lava, sand, and scorise, in the midst of which,nearly a mile away, the present active cone sendsa stream of brazen-tinted vapour floating heavilyto leeward. The total length of this Somna is aboutfour miles. Its upper section consists of strati-fied tuffs, agglomerates, and trachytic lava-sheets ; the lower, of a talus slope of sand,scoriae, and irregular boulders fallen from theheights. It attains its highest in the
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