“An Italian astronomer named Giovanni Schiaparelli claims to have discovered canals covering the surface of Mars.  He calls them “canali”, which roughly translates to “canals” in English.  Others theorize that Mars must be inhabited by a civilized race.  They speculate that the canals could be vast aqueducts used for irrigation.  Unless all the plants on Mars are red, I do not believe there is much farming happening there myself.

-Rutherford B. Hayes 1878

*I’m not seeing canals in this. -WM”