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The Epilogue

           TheresultsofananatomicalexaminationoftheMartians,sofarastheprowlingdogshadleftsuchanexaminationpossible,Ihavealreadygiven. ButeveryoneisfamiliarwiththemagnificentandalmostcompletespecimeninspiritsattheNaturalHistoryMuseum,andthecountlessdrawingsthathavebeenmadefromit; andbeyondthattheinterestoftheirphysiologyandstructureispurelyscientific. 

           AquestionofgraveranduniversalinterestisthepossibilityofanotherattackfromtheMartians. Idonotthinkthatnearlyenoughattentionisbeinggiventothisaspectofthematter. AtpresenttheplanetMarsisinconjunction,butwitheveryreturntooppositionI,forone,anticipatearenewaloftheiradventure. Inanycase,weshouldbeprepared. Itseemstomethatitshouldbepossibletodefinethepositionofthegunfromwhichtheshotsaredischarged,tokeepasustainedwatchuponthispartoftheplanet,andtoanticipatethearrivalofthenextattack. 

           InthatcasethecylindermightbedestroyedwithdynamiteorartillerybeforeitwassufficientlycoolfortheMartianstoemerge,ortheymightbebutcheredbymeansofgunssosoonasthescrewopened. Itseemstomethattheyhavelostavastadvantageinthefailureoftheirfirstsurprise. Possiblytheyseeitinthesamelight. 

           LessinghasadvancedexcellentreasonsforsupposingthattheMartianshaveactuallysucceededineffectingalandingontheplanetVenus. Sevenmonthsagonow,VenusandMarswereinalignmentwiththesun; thatistosay,MarswasinoppositionfromthepointofviewofanobserveronVenus. Subsequentlyapeculiarluminousandsinuousmarkingappearedontheunilluminedhalfoftheinnerplanet,andalmostsimultaneouslyafaintdarkmarkofasimilarsinuouscharacterwasdetecteduponaphotographoftheMartiandisk. 

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