JUPITER AND MARS AS INHABITABLE WORLDS.

Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1182, 5 June 1874, Page 3

JUPITER AND MARS AS INHABITABLE WORLDS.

It is not always convenient to live in an extraordinary big house, and a small planet would appear to be a more comfortable dwelling-place than a very large one. The unfitness of Jupiter, in consequence of his vast bulk, as a globe to be inhabited by man, has already been pointed out. Mars, on the other had, is only about one-eighth the size of our own earth, and, as a consequence, the people dwelling therein are quite differently circumstanced with respect to the force of gravity than are those who drag themselves slowly along the surface of this terrestial ball. M. Elammarion has recently offered some speculations as to Mars ; and comes to conclusions which, if true, go to show that the Martial planet offers conditions especially favorabls to persons of obese proportions ; and, by the ease with which everything must be done in the way of moving heavy bodies, ought reasonably to be considered the paradise of loafers. A man weighing 15011) with us, if transported to Mars, would only weigh about 5011). He could walk GO miles with less fatigue than we can walk 20. A same at leap frog might include jumps over houses, trees, and church steeples. The savan alluded to thinks that, under the conditions there existing, nearly all animals are furnished with wings, and that among other accomplishments of rational beings is that of flying. I