The evening world., 1912-06-14
A Journey in
Other Worlds
A Story Of -Four Explorers Starting AdSenisres
Among the Hanets
By Col. John Jacob Aston
E -Four Explorers Startling A,
Among tie Planets,
(Psb4shsaby Authority Of tie Tuaees of the Asto, Is s.

sheet of water three and half miles
wide. averaging forty feet In depth.
moving at rapid ratio toward a sheer
fall Of six hundred feet. They felt. ~
they gased at It. that the power Of thaS7
waterfall would turn backward every
engine and dynamo on earth, and u
seemed as " II might almost put out
the fires of the sun. Yet It was but an
illustration Of tho action of the soiarrs
orb exerted on vast area Of ocean. the
vapor In the form OF rain being after
ward turned Into these comparativelyUI
narrow limits by the topography OF the
continent. Compared with this, Niax-w
ara. with Its descent Of less than two
hundred feet. and It's relatively small
now Of water. would be but Q rivuist. !.
or at best Q rapid stream.
Reluctantly leaving the fascinatiAQy>
spoctacls. they pursued their expiora.
ton along the river above the falls.
For the hrst few milas the surface Of
tho water was near mat of land: there
were occasional rapids. but few rocks.
and the foaminG torrent moved At great
speed. the RED sandstone banks Of the
river being ~ polished - though they
had been waved. After Q while the OBJ
structtona disappeared. but the watsr
continued to rush and surge along OF q
spsed Of ten or twelve miles An hour, 70
that II would BE- easily navigsbie only
for logs or objects moving In one dirse-
tion.
when they had followed up the rvsA
about sixty mikes toward It's source theyA
came upon what at first had the ap-
pearancs OF a. ocean. They knew. how.
coming from u. that the water must be !
fresh. a. they soon found Il vas. This
lake was about three hundred miiea
wide. and stretched from northeast to I
southwest. There was rolling land with y
hills about Its shores, and the foliaKsv,
on the banks was a beautiful shade o.
blush purple instead OF the terrestrial
Ubiquitous green.
When near the great lakes upper end
they passed the mouth OF a river on
their left side which. from its volume
they concluded must be the principal 3
source. and therefore they determined
TO trace II. They found II to be q mosti
beautiful stream. averaging two ana q, I,
half miles In width. evidently very dsep,i'
and with full. steady current. After,
proceeding for several hours they found
that the general piacIdity grew less. thas5
smooth surface occasionally became ruff
fled by projecting rocks and rsgads, and
tho banks rose eli the voyayers agpipe.
found themselves In a ravine or canon.
During their sojourr on Jupiter they
had had but little experience with the ,
tremendous winds that they knew. from Y
resson and observation must rage In rs
atmosphere. They now heard them
whisrlng over their heads. and. noe
withsfandins the protection afforded by.
the SIDES OF the,canon. occasion ally ref,
ceived a rust that made the Cali,sto.
swerve. They kept on steadily. how
ever. I'LL sunset. at which time Il bee,
came very dark on account Of the hlsf,
banks. which rose a. steeply a. the Pal
issdes on the Hudson to Q height Of.
nearly . thousand feet. Finding Q smsiln'
island near the eastern bank. they we're
glad to secure the Calfsto there for the
night. below the reach Of the windsso
which they still heard singing loudly,
but with musical note In what seemed =
to them like tho sky. -.
After this. not being tired. they used
the rem lining dark hours for recordiaon,
their recent adventures.