unities 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. The sky was less misty than on the previous occasion.

On the evening of January 21 I was shown a flock of Martian sheep. The
herd was small and I observed five of the animals at close range. I
call them sheep for the reason that the animals resembled our sheep in
every particular. The wool was very long and of a dark reddish-brown
color, except underneath their bellies which was yellowish.

On the evening of January 29 I had a vision of a beautiful woman with a
child kneeling at her feet. She was seated on a chair and held a book
on her lap. The symbolism of the vision was later explained to me by
the controls, who said: "Verily I say unto you whosoever shall not
receive the Kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter
therein." God's truths are perceived only by those who can acquire the
simple faith of a child.

It was about the same time I had a vision in which I saw Sergius for
the first time distinctly. He is the principal control dominating the
writing of this book. He appeared very patriarchal with a long beard.
His features were decidedly semitic. His countenance was most
spiritual and beautiful.

On February 10 I had my first vision of Mars' two moons, known to our
astronomers as Diemos and Phobos. 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 c