Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 502
e houses must besuch as will not be readily shaken to the groundin an earthquake, for Japan is a land of earth-quakes. For security against this danger, the house isput together in a very simple way. All partsof the structure are held together, one authorsays, by a system of dovetailing,… … A STREET SCENE IN TOKIO, JAPAN. upon stones high enough to keep the ends earthquakes in Japanese cities has occurred out of water. Then, when an earthquake oc- with houses having tiled roofs, as the tiles are curs, the building moves to and fro, and set- easily shaken loose, and, being heavy, cause…
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