The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-21

southern extremities of the continents
of the globe.
On his arrival at Honolulu he had
to attend firstly to material wants. He
happened to be most kindly received /
by merchant, Mr.. Robert Cheshire I
Janion, and in short time became a
partner in the firm of Janion, Green & /
Co, in Honolulu and Janion, Green & |
Rhodes in British Columbia.
He married a daughter Of Dr. Me-
hibbin, resident English physician
in Honolulu, and perhaps, saving
some temporary visit 10 the American
| coast, never again quilted those Sc
ductive Hawaiian islands He died
| there on December z, 1890.
| During the intervals of leisure in his
| several occupations as merchant,
founder of the now prosperous iron
/ works, sugar planter, Deputy British
! Commissioner, Senator, and at times
Prime Minister Of the Kingdom of Ha-
waii, his mind, we may be certain,
was fixed upon the working out of the
geological theory of the conformation
of the earth's crust.
Independently of his business occu-
pations he had to contend with the
difficulty of pursuing his scientific
studies thousands of miles distant
from Europe and out of the immediate
reach OF books, the papers of learned
lsocletles, and, above all, of daily con-
verse with men of kindred ideas in his
own country.
Part 1 of Mr.. Green's ..Vestiges of
the Molten Globe" was published by
Stanford in London in 1875. 1t ap-
peared to attract little attention from
the British scientific world. The few
criticisms that appeared in the scien-
tific and literary journals, such as Ma
ture" and the "Atheneum," were un-
favorable and almost contemptuous.
Writing from the Hawaiian Islands to
his brother in London in March, 1882,
Green says:
Stanford has written to me that he
wants TO get the remaining copies of
the 'Vestiges of the Molten Globe out
of his way. They will not realize
much as waste paper, as there is not
much paper about them. Mons. Dau-
bree keeps sending me messages that
they would like to receive more of my
lucubrations on volcanic subjects. A
tletter l recently sent to Paris was pub
lished in the proceedings of the Paris
Geographical Society and was accom-
lpanied with photographs of a running
lava stream near Hilo. I think | shall
publish my next article on volcanic &C.
ton through M. Daubree, who is pres
ident OF the Institute of France anG
head of the Ecole deS Mines. He anC
Mons. de Lapparent, the head of the
French Biologists, understand perfect
ly every point in my book; wherea!
the English biologists misunderstood
everything about it. | mention thii
], because when l publish the volcanit
' part OF the 'Vestiges' it may call at
e tention to the first part"
Part II of the "Vestiges of the Mott
Y en- Globe" was printed and published
IT in Honolulu in 1887 under Mr.. Green
n own superintendent, but at a TIM
If when his health was beginning finall.
l. TO give way. Only few copies of tn
y work reached England, and these wer
n sent by him personally to leading sci
entific men.
n In the appendix to Part II Mr.. Green
er with the object of illustrating volcani
E action, gives a graphic description @
ID expeditions in 1859-1S60 to the crater
st of Loa, Kea and Hualalei and to tn
E. lava lake at Kilauea; with goat hunt
IA ers for guides he spent days and night
N in observing the assures in the noun
/ w
a hot lava spreading over the plateau.
ne He was then in the prime of life an
ed of an iron constitution. AS a boy b
as was fond of athletic sports. He Wa
en- a famous rider and gymnast His cley
ch lerness as well as his thoroughly n
D. liable character made him a favorit
with his teachers and school-fellow
ge In his sports he was eager and higl
to spirited, but in general he was ST.
1T dious, taciturn and very absent-mint
he ed. This last quality he seems to hay
,e retained. Most English readers are a
in quainted with Miss Birds charmir
of account of her visit to the "Hawaiis
lily Archipelago" Some may rememb
le- G., who sat profoundly absorbed
nd in the contemplation of lava jets
CHI Kilauea. When Miss Bird, fatigue
lily with her days sightseeing at the bur
It'll ing lake, was anxious to make the tie
les the bringing of which had been e
AS trusted to her companion, it was di
ed covered that G. had forgotten the tie
Mr.. VIM. Lowthian Green, thus IL
mis- mortalized by the fair traveller, was
err man of middle hight, with delica
yer features, pale complexion, broad a.
en- high forehead and curly, dark brow
He hair The curls he used to scrupuloU
err ly straighten when a boy; it was co
tn sidered "girlish" in those days to ha
to curly hair. The hair, as well as nt
en- vous, active temperament, he inherit
en- from his mother, who was partly
lille Scottish descent. On the paternal 81
iss. of his house, Mr.. Green had tall
LII blood in his veins. This mixture
in nationalities is common in the &c
er- ealogies of commercial people.
In his foreign home he was hap
Dol, in the devotedness of wife and l.
18th ing daughter and in the kindness
we'd many personal friends, some OF VIII
an were fellow-workers in geology.
tile man of business and Minister OF Sta
on he had earned the respect of both
cen tives and foreigners in Hawaii.
Ia last and only illness he bore patIen
IA, He was no doubt troubled with
had sire natural to authors to live Il
enough to see the value of his sci
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