CONTENTS

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Preface vii
PART I
NATURAL FEATURES
CHAPTER
I. On Exploration 3
II. A Departure-point 12
III. A Bird’s-eye View of Past Martian Discovery 20
IV. The Polar Caps 32
V. Behavior of the Polar Caps 41
VI. Martian Polar Expeditions 54
VII. White Spots 73
VIII. Climate and Weather 82
IX. Mountains and Cloud 96
X. The Blue-green Areas 108
XI. Vegetation 119
XII. Terraqueousness and Terrestriality 128
XIII. The Reddish-ochre Tracts 148
XIV. Summary 159
PART II
NON-NATURAL FEATURES
XV. The Canals 173
XVI. Their System 184
XVII. Gemination of the Canals 192
I. The Diplopic Theory 196
II. The Interference Theory 201
III. The Illusion Theory 202
XVIII.
The Double Canals 204
XIX. Canals in the Dark Regions 243
XX. Oases 249
XXI. Carets on the Borders of the Great Diaphragm 265
XXII. The Canals Photographed 271
PART III
THE CANALS IN ACTION
XXIII. Canals: Kinematic 281
XXIV. Canal Development Individually Instanced 304
XXV. Hibernation of the Canals 313
XXVI. Arctic Canals and Polar Rifts

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