Urid. Flowers, grass and green foliage abounded everywhere. The
long streets were broad and well paved, and flanked on two sides
with long rows of one-storied buildings of white stone, beautiful
in their simplicity. No extreme ornamentation is carried out in
the erection of buildings on Mars. On the contrary, the simple
square outlines characteristic of our own Old Mission
architecture seems to prevail on the planet Mars. The same
simple style prevails with the public buildings, except that
massive stone columns marked the portals of same, reminding one
of our own early Grecian architecture.

Many palm-like trees grew all over the city, especially in the
neighborhood of the public buildings.

A week after the occurrence of the above incident the writer was
shown, in the same manner as before, one of the many canals that
gridiron the Martian globe. This particular canal is one of the
main waterways on Mars, and appeared to be about a mile wide at
the point of observation. The water was of a deep blue color,
denoting great depth. Along the banks of this waterway could be
seen many houseboats or floating dwellings. Some of these
houseboats were very large and evidently housed large families.
The writer was informed that many Martians who have charge of the
waterways dwell in these habitations.

The banks above the canal were covered with green grass and many
flowers.

On subsequent occasions I was shown other canals and reservoirs,
and the manner in which some of the canals were cut through the