The water
arrives at the equatorial regions in a little less than a Martian
month (60 days) after the commencement of the Polar thaws and
after a season of thanksgiving to the Father has been held by all
in appreciation of His bountiful gifts. The Spiritual leaders of
the different communities preside at these gatherings.
The foregoing is in remarkable agreement with a statement on page
375 of the late Professor Lowell's book titled "MARS," as
follows.
"The Canal quickening on Mars occupied 52 days, as evidenced by
the successive vegetal darkenings which descend from latitude 72
degrees North and latitude 0, a journey of 2,650 miles. The rate
of progression is remarkably uniform, and this fact that it is
carried from near the Pole to the Equator is sufficient tell-tale
of extrinsic aid, and the uniformity of the action increases its
significance."
On the morning of January 21 I witnessed another interesting
Martian scene, which was almost identical with the previous
vision of the Arctic regions of this planet, except that the warm
season was more advanced, and I was permitted to see the country
from another angle. I was facing East. Most of the Polar snow
had disappeared, and the low-lying hills were now covered with a
growth of dark green vegetation, except at a few isolated points
which showed small patches of snow.
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