The latter appeared as a
satellite about half as large as our full moon, and the former
like a star brighter than the first magnitude, and could be
compared 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.
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