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. On the tips of his
pointed ears were little tufts of long hair, which gave his head
a lynx-like appearance. There were quite a number of large
yellow spots on his hairy chest. His nose was very stubby, and
his entire face was decidedly apelike.

I was later informed that I had seen an inhabitant of the planet
Mercury, where life has not yet evolved to a very high degree,
and where man has not yet wholly emerged from his primary
beast-like state.

Concerning the flora of Mars I have on various occasions viewed
orchards of growing fruit trees. The trees were set out in rows
similar to the methods adopted in our own orchards. The trees
were dwarf-like, being not over five or six feet high. I was
informed that this particular species of tree was cultivated for
its fruit and for the fiber obtained from its large leaves, which
is made into cloth, thread and cordage.

On one occasion a short time after the chapter dealing with the
transmission of Electro-magnetic energy by wireless was received,