. Japan's inheritance, the country, its people, and their destiny . 1m^ summit of yakegatake (japanesealps). The peak is capped with volcanic cement; below,on the right, lies the active crater. OPEN FOR INSPECTIUX : BREACHEDCRATER OF ESAN. In the middle distance is the main vent. Thewall beyond slopes 2,oco feet to the BLASTED FIXES OX USUDAKE (iQIo). -4 nearer 7ieii of one of the cones shoiin in plate facing p. ii8. The trees, as u-elt as the ground,are thickly coated with voUanic ash.^ To face p. 148. Craters, Alive and Dead laid over wide tracts of land. The only notableexudation of l
. Japan's inheritance, the country, its people, and their destiny . 1m^ summit of yakegatake (japanesealps). The peak is capped with volcanic cement; below,on the right, lies the active crater. OPEN FOR INSPECTIUX : BREACHEDCRATER OF ESAN. In the middle distance is the main vent. Thewall beyond slopes 2,oco feet to the BLASTED FIXES OX USUDAKE (iQIo). -4 nearer 7ieii of one of the cones shoiin in plate facing p. ii8. The trees, as u-elt as the ground,are thickly coated with voUanic ash.^ To face p. 148. Craters, Alive and Dead laid over wide tracts of land. The only notableexudation of lava in recent years was from thesummit-crater of Tarumai, in south-west Yezo,in 1909. The stark and steaming dome ofandesite, a quarter of a mile in diameter, whichreared itself 200 feet into the air from the crestof that ancient vent, is indeed a link with theprimeval. 149 CHAPTER IXSOME TYPICAL VOLCANIC ASCENTS The island-volcano of Oshima—Difficulty of access—Agrand Somna—Rival theories—The active crater—Agreat eruption—The build of the island—Asama-yama—The form of the volcano—Detonatory eruptions—Oneof the periodical puffs—A fatal outburst—A demon-stration — The lava stream—Bandaisan — The un-expected in volcanic action—A striking view—A nighton the craters brink—A case of pos
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