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The ss0.s that xsft~red On IN. susc os Mar.
Have EAelt~e- and the Planet. sery sre
Rolls IN The erinson summer u ~ year
II is quite possible, Of course, that such
colors - are often seen in American
woods in the autumn time may prevail in
the forests and vegetation Of Mars during
the fullness Of the Martian summer. The
fact that during this season the planet
looks ruddier than usual, 10 some degree
corresponds with this theory. But it is
much better explained, to my mind, BY
the greater clesrness of the Marian air
in the summertime. That would enable
US to see the color of the soil better. II
our earth were looked at from Venus
during the winter-time, the snow cover
ing large parts of her surface, and the
clouds and mists common in the winter
months, would hide the tints of the sur
face, whereas these would be very dis
tinct in clear summer weather.
fear my own conclusion about Mars
is that his present condition is very DESC
late. look on the ruddiness of tint to
which have referred as one of the signs
that the planet of war has long since
passed its prime. There are lands and
Seas in Mars, the vapor of water is pres
ent in his air, clouds form, rains and
SHOWS fall upon his surface, and doubt
less brooks and rivers irrigste bis soil,
and carry down the moisture collected
on his wide continents to the seas whence
the clouds had originally been formed.
But I do not think there is much vegeta-
ton on Mars, or that many living Great
ures of the higher types of Marian life
as it once existed still remain. All that
fs known about the planet tends to show
that the time when it attained that stage
Of planetary existence through which
our earth is now passing must be set mill
ions of years, perhaps hundreds of mill
ions of years, ago. He has not yet, in
deed, reached that airless and waterless
condition, that extremity of eternal cold,
or in fact that utter unfitness to support
any kind Of life, which would seem to
prevail in the moon. The planet of war
in some respects resembles desolate bat
e.field, and I fancy that there IL not q
single region of the earth now inhabited
by man which is not infinitely more COM
Portable as an abode of life than the most
favored regions of Mars at the present
time would be for creatures like ourselves
PROF. r. A. Proctor, in st. Nicholas.