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PREFACE

PART I NATURAL FEATURES

CHAPTER I ON EXPLORATION

CHAPTER II A DEPARTURE-POINT

CHAPTER III A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF PAST MARTIAN DISCOVERY

CHAPTER IV THE POLAR CAPS

CHAPTER V BEHAVIOR OF THE POLAR CAPS

CHAPTER VI MARTIAN POLAR EXPEDITIONS

CHAPTER VII WHITE SPOTS

CHAPTER VIII CLIMATE AND WEATHER

CHAPTER IX MOUNTAINS AND CLOUD

CHAPTER X THE BLUE-GREEN AREAS

CHAPTER XI VEGETATION

CHAPTER XII TERRAQUEOUSNESS AND TERRESTRIALITY

CHAPTER XIII THE REDDISH-OCHRE TRACTS

CHAPTER XIV SUMMARY

PART II NON-NATURAL FEATURES

CHAPTER XV THE CANALS

CHAPTER XVI THEIR SYSTEM

CHAPTER XVII GEMINATION OF THE CANALS

I. The Diplopic Theory

II. The Interference Theory

III. The Illusion Theory

CHAPTER XVIII THE DOUBLE CANALS

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II

III

IV

CHAPTER XIX CANALS IN THE DARK REGIONS

CHAPTER XX OASES

CHAPTER XXI CARETS ON THE BORDERS OF THE GREAT DIAPHRAGM

CHAPTER XXII THE CANALS PHOTOGRAPHED

PART III THE CANALS IN ACTION

CHAPTER XXIII CANALS: KINEMATIC

CHAPTER XXIV CANAL DEVELOPMENT Individually Instanced

CHAPTER XXV HIBERNATION OF THE CANALS

CHAPTER XXVI ARCTIC CANALS AND POLAR RIFTS

CHAPTER XXVII OASES: KINEMATIC

PART IV EXPLANATION

CHAPTER XXVIII CONSTITUTION OF THE CANALS AND OASES

CHAPTER XXIX LIFE

CHAPTER XXX EVIDENCE

CHAPTER XXXI THE HUSBANDING OF WATER

CHAPTER XXXII CONCLUSION

INDEX