ompared with Jupiter
as seen from our Earth during a favorable opposition of that planet.
The latter satellite sheds considerable light on her primary. An
interesting explanation of these two moons will be found in a later
chapter of this book.

On February 17 I was shown the actual appearance of our sun from the
planet Mars. What I saw disproves the theory that owing to the
distance of Mars from the sun the latter would be viewed by the
Martians as a disk about half the size as seen from our Earth. The
Solar Orb appeared as to size and brightness, about the same as viewed
from our Earth, and seemed to give forth its heat with the same
intensity. I was facing the sun and its brilliance blinded my eyes for
an instant.

On the evening of February 29 I had a vision of a strange looking
creature ape-like in appearance. The form was about five feet tall,
very hairy, his body being covered with a thick coat of woolly hair of
a grayish color. He was smoking what appeared to be a cigar-like roll
of something, probably some sort of leaves rolled up into a convenient
form for smoking. On the tips of his pointed ears were little tufts of
long hair, which gave his head a lynx-like appearance. There were
quite a number of large yellow spots on his hairy chest. His nose was
very stubby, and his entire face was decidedly apelike.

I was later informed that I had seen an inhabitant of the planet
Mercury, where life has not yet evolved to a very high degree, and
where man has not yet wholly emerged from his primary beast-like state.

Concerning the flora of Mars I have on various occasions viewed
orchards of growing fruit trees. The trees were set out in rows
similar to the methods adopted in our own orchards. The trees were
dwarf-like, being not over five or six feet high. I was informed that
this particular species of tree was cultivated for its fruit and for
the fiber obtained from its large leaves, which is made into cloth,
thread and cordage.

On one occasion a short time after the chapter dealing with the
transmission of Electro-magnetic energy by wireless was received, I was
shown two immense towers on the planet Mars which are used for the
purpose of distributing power throughout the planet. The two towers
were very close together, probably 100 yards apart and 100 feet high.
They resembled two immense round smoke-stacks, such as are common in
our factory districts. The tops of the towers were surmounted by ov