[Transcriber's note: The use of [a:] denotes the letter a/A with a diaeresis below. I was unable to locate a utf8 equivalent. Original spelling has been retained, my limited knowledge of ENTOESE left me with little choice.] JOURNEYS TO THE PLANET MARS OR OUR MISSION TO ENTO BY SARA WEISS Author of "Story of Decimon Huydas: A Romance of the Planet Mars" THE BRADFORD PRESS 45 BROADWAY NEW YORK Copyright, 1903, BY SARA WEISS CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. Interview with the Evon-Thia 1 II. Special Features of Mars 14 III. Ento, and Entoans 35 IV. Descriptive Features 53 V. Giordano Bruno 74 VI. Inidora and Genessano 103 VII. First Approach to Ento Sensitives 132 VIII. Spiritualized Man 166 IX. Meeting with Camarissa 177 X. Dr. Blank's Lesson 215 XI. In the Galarésa 249 XII. Europe and the Far North 284 XIII. Ento's Precious Stones 317 XIV. Dano and Vallo[a:] 370 XV. Re-embodiment 382 XVI. Concerning the Eskimos 434 XVII. Culmination of the Mission 473 EXPLANATORY NOTE. In the Ento language, the accented A has the sound of [a:]h. The horizontal line over E, gives it the long sound of a. The circumflex over ŷ and û, closes them, and in certain words I takes the sound of E. Thus, Info st[a:] tiv[a:] Zēnoss[a:]a oovistû is pronounced Info st[a:]h tev[a:]h Zēnoss[a:][a:] oovistû. In English this signifies, To the care of the gods until we meet again, and Info oovistû bears the same meaning as the French expression, au revoir. Largely the Ento language is a language of inferences, it expresses far more than words indicate. Various movements of the hands convey subtle meanings, adding to, or detracting from apparently simple statements, questions or replies. Tylû is Ento for city; y and û being closed it is pronounced Tilloo. The interjection, Loh[a:]û is Ento for the English word, hail; a form of greeting, as Loh[a:]û, ēmano (Hail, friend!) and is pronounced Lohowoo amano. These are simple examples of a language not at all complex, but replete with charming expressiveness. PREFACE.