Show volcanoes a apil 1 4 I 1 kal of late years japan ing the large number of active volca noes stretching ii orn the north of yes so to the north of akinshin Kin shin has been lie from destructive eruptions in 1878 borne loss of life oe gurred in in eruption on one of the islands on this side of the day oj coddo boutwe have to go back to the last century fbi rup t ions equa ling in destruction that U t to ported matil yama an active V 1 ano about sixty miles to tile northwest 0 I 1 the capital sent forth I 1 1783 a a va the course of which MAY still be followed for mapy milea it destroyed a famous ancient forest a nd overwhelmed a gumbei of villages A large tractor tract of fertile land was I 1 om averted into it thousands 10 I 1 people perl plied an the batas catas itself br fram subsequent stary the for miles around being covered to a depth of several feet with all e tation animals were killed n large dull bers by jhb rain of ston es and ashes in 2701 it to stated that persons lost their lives by an eruption of but the most famous af pf volcanic eruptions was that of the far famed full in 1707 which listed for two months I 1 I 1 which a boyr crater as open an abd tbd by conical sha the mo 0 by the formation of a new peak near ther summit nearly meters in height eyewitnesses eye witnesses who have left accounts of this appa hinc event describe the fields houses and tem pica as being completely cov ered with ashes the d discharges from the crater were so lie avy d continuous th at day was tu a into night even in yeddo the api W about fifty mile WT as the crova flies tile darkness was intense and everything was covered alth the A sh and tho roar of the mountain at distinctly heard to add to the 1111 tur violent earthquakes pre and Prior vi aves wrought gostrue tion ang the chasta of tile number 4 aea it I t betak en durisin ilia present century japan has ben be n remarkably free from puch dis the one being by far t io aiom recorded |