THE CANALS IN MARS.
To the older features of the planet more or less recent telescopic observation has added a singular network of single and double straight lines ex. tending from one sea to another, which have received the name of "canals-' Tbe meaning of them is still shrouded' in mystery. There is nothing equivalent to them in our own world. A glance at the hemisphere of Mars will i-bow how important a part they must be credited with playing in tbe economy of tho planet. It is surmised that the.-e ctnals, which are occasionally over 70 miles wide and as many as 3000 in length, may be due to superficial cleavage produced by geological forces, With absolute gravity M. Flammarion suggests that they represent the labours of the inhabitants in the rectification of ancient riverbeds with a view to a general distribution of the water over the surface of tho continents.—Good Words,
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Hot Lakes Chronicle, Issue 117, 27 February 1895, Page 4
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153THE CANALS IN MARS. Hot Lakes Chronicle, Issue 117, 27 February 1895, Page 4
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