The inhabitants congregate in centers and, owing to our more
perfect methods of transportation, go forth daily to their tasks
in field or factory, to return at the end of their allotted
period to home and fireside.
CHAPTER III.
THE MARTIAN CANAL SYSTEM
The Canal system on Mars is comparatively new. The idea of
constructing a planetary Canal system had its incipiency at the
time of Christ's visit to our planet. The Master warned the
people that they must make provision for their future water
supply. At that time (10,000 years ago) the water supply was
becoming noticeably scarcer as time went on. It was nearly 3,000
years after the Master's mission to Mars had been concluded that
actual construction of the Planetary Canal system was undertaken;
and during the intervening 7,000 years and up to the present
time, construction on the public waterways has continued.
At the present day the system is most complete, but constant work
is required to keep the canals in working order. In addition to
the gigantic Canal system, provision had to be made for suitable
reservoirs to impound the water after the seasonal thaws at the
poles. To this end immense reservoirs were constructed at most
canal intersections.
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