82 The Irish Naturalist. July-Aug., 



experienced Swiss guides, and after many hardships and 

 innumerable difficulties they succeeded in reaching the 

 summit of Blount Cook at a height of 12,349 f^et above 

 sea-level. The highest point hitherto reached was 7,500 

 feet, and the ascent of the mountain beyond that was 

 considered quite impracticable. Mr. Green was thus the 

 first to accomplish this wonderful feat, of which he 

 communicated a vivid and fascinating account^ to the Royal 

 Irish Academy, and later on he published a popular work 

 on this subject.^ 



From the rugged mountain heights he then returned to 

 his old love the ocean; the depths of which he was fain to 

 explore. At the instigation of the Secretary of the Royal 

 Irish Academy a committee was appointed by that body 

 in 1885 for the purpose of investigating the fauna of the 

 hundred-fathom line. That was just the kind of job for 

 Mr. Green, and in their first report the Committee state 

 that they were fortunate in securing his services as leader 

 of the expedition, as his enthusiasm in dredging operations 

 was unbounded. His practical and topographical knowledge 

 justified the committee in leaving him to make ail local 

 arrangements. A powerful tug-steamer — the " Lord 

 Bandon " — w^as chartered for the expedition and she proved 

 to be a very seaworthy vessel and in every way suitable 

 for the work required. Many interesting species of deep- 

 sea animals were obtained and recorded in the description 

 of the results of the expedition. ^ 



In the following year the Committee again chartered 

 the " Lord Bandon " for a second crui'Se off the south-west. 

 From a zoological point of view this expedition was a great 

 success for many remarkable forms of animal life, including 

 quantities of the white coral LopJwhelia prolifera, were 

 discovered. And all this work only whetted Mr. Green's, 

 appetite for more discovery and adventure, and it was not 

 long before he was off again on another long voyage. 



^ Proc. R. Irish Academy (2) vol. iii (Science), p. 642. 



2 " The High Alps of New Zealand," London, 1883. 



^ First report on the Marine Fauna of the South-west of Irelaad. 

 Proc. R. Irish Acad. (2) vol. iv. (Science), 1884-88. 



