The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-12
BURROUGHS MAY
WRITE Of HAWAII
Noted Naturalist Will Visit and
Study Islands of the
Group.

II came down here for a kind of
vacation, with no special end in view.
expect to travel around the various
Islands, take life easy, and, of course.
study nature, to some extent while |
am here.
John Burroughs, the famous natural
lst and author, with his long wnlte
halr flowing almost to his shoulders
and his face burned from the sun of
southern California, arrived here yes
terday morning on the liner Mongolia
lie mad intended TO remain here about
TWO weeks, but the steamer on which
ne expected to return to the mainland
with his friends IS already booked full
and as consequence he will probably
be IN the Islands for nearly a month.
u have been across the Atlantic
Ocean and return twice, have been to
Alaska, to Bermuda, and to many other
places where the travel has been by
sea, but | must say that the voyage
which L have just completed has been
the pleasantest, from every point of
view, L have ever taken. | didn t miss
meal from the time we left San
Francisco until we arrived here, and
l enjoyed every moment of the trip.
Now, as matter Of fact con-
tlnued the venerable naturalist, slyly,
q really didn' t want to come to the
Islands. But my friends wished to
make the trip, and l aeceded to their
invitation. And I can t say that l IN
bit sorry, either. Of course, haven It
had much of a chance to see Honolulu
| as yet, but everything that has come
before my eye so far is beautiful
1.-The Islands, what | have seen of
| them and from what ] have heard, are,
| think, a good deal the same as the
Bermudas from the naturalist s stand
! point. Here, however, the mountains
| appear somewhat bare, while they are
| covered with trees and shrubbery in
different here than anywhere else, prob
ably, and as to the extent of this /
shall probably make Some study.
"Will | write of Hawaii? Well, /
don t know, and | don It suppose | will
| know for considerable time. [ am al
ways the same way. l never make uE
my mind as to what [ shall write
about until the mood strikes me. When
| want to write, do SO. The bee does
not get honey from each flower visited
! SO it is with me. l shall, however
make notes regarding Hawaii S plant
life and study the Islands just as
do every other place / visit.
my stay viii probably be more ex
tended than l had at first planned, anc
| viii thus be given more of an OPP
portunity for research work. My plans
are not developed at all as to what
disposal l shall make of my time while
| here, but | shall without doubt visit
the islands Of Hawaii, to see the vol
cano. and Kauai, the Garden Island. ,
Although now in his seventy SECOND
year, "The Master Of Slabsides, - walk
with as springy and light a step a
many a man twenty years his Junior
With Mr.. Burroughs are DIR. Barris, oil
her first trip here from New York, ant
Mrs. Ashley. The books which hav'
been written by the famous naturalis
are many, some of which are Leaf AM
Tendrn, Ways of Nature, Camping AM
Tramping with Roosevelt, Far and Near
Literary Values, The Light of Day
Whitman. A Study, A Year in the Fields
Bird and Bough oversee, Winter Sun
- shine. Wake Robin, Squirrels and Othe
Fur Bearers, Signs and Seasons, River
by, Locusts and Wild Honey, Fres
Fields, and Indoor Studies.
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