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CHAPTER III MY ADVENT ON MARS
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I opened my eyes upon a strange and weird1 landscape. I knew that I was on Mars; not once did I question either my sanity2 or my wakefulness. I was not asleep, no need for pinching here; my inner consciousness told me as plainly that I was upon Mars as your conscious mind tells you that you are upon Earth. You do not question the fact; neither did I.
I found myself lying prone3 upon a bed of yellowish, mosslike vegetation which stretched around me in all directions for interminable miles. I seemed to be lying in a deep, circular basin, along the outer verge5 of which I could distinguish the irregularities of low hills.
It was midday, the sun was shining full upon me and the heat of it was rather intense upon my naked body, yet no greater than would have been true under similar conditions on an Arizona desert. Here and there were slight outcroppings of quartz-bearing rock which glistened6 in the sunlight; and a little to my left, perhaps a hundred yards, appeared a low, walled enclosure about four feet in height. No water, and no other vegetation than the moss4 was in evidence, and as I was somewhat thirsty I determined7 to do a little exploring.
Springing to my feet I received my first Martian surprise, for the effort, which on Earth would have brought me standing8 upright, carried me into the Martian air to the height of about three yards. I alighted softly upon the ground, however, without appreciable9 shock or jar. Now commenced a series of evolutions which even then seemed ludicrous in the extreme. I found that I must learn to walk all over again, as the muscular
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