Lost in the Bush.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 146, 29 May 1883, Page 2

Lost m the Bush.

The Ja/J Hagan, who .was lost m T,he bush near the Upper Hutt on Thursday last',, was found by ai search party, at 1 p.m. on Friday, at a ,., place known as Bull's Runy about eight miles from the Hutt River (accqriingttothe statement: of some of the party) m a very week condition, and' to that of Constable Maekey,; who"' was .:, also)>-. f out,'l)ut^little the worse for his- wanderings |n--voluntary abstention <from Tgood-fopd. Hagan appears to have Wandered about the bush m an aimless fashion, riot knowing which direction to ? take,- aud ; sleeping m, any place that came handy.' By the aid of two dogs, which had left him 1 at the time be was found, he killed one or two sucking: pigs, which afforded him some nottrishmsnt. He was evidently not used to -the. bsjsh; otherwise he would have known that he would W certain to reach a settlement by following 1 one of the streams i that-intersect any New Zeaiaaifbush.";