A NeW Zealand Hermit.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 91, 21 March 1885, Page 2

A NeW Zealand Hermit.

A reporter of the 1 Otago Daily Tpnes has yesently had ah with Mr Doflaia • Sutherland, \"iJhe hermit of Milrord Soiincu" For some, ten years tie has tesjded thef c (for the last two he has been cpiite alone), ahdiias prospeo£e'a ! various' parts- of the adjoining oouhtryj i and found,, he beUeyes, payable i?old r fields. He has now made an application ifpr said :in opening up these fields, and: hV believes that m a, v short timej with arvsmall party, Jie will be able to open «pa larga gpldfield. The reporTof the interview concludes as follows :—^Be^ isitfes Jiis geplogiijalandgeqferapb^cal.diacoveriea, SutUerlaijd, is oarivlnosd lb.at he has obtained. proow_ of the.esistenqepf animals whioh will make a novel and startling addition to the natural history of New Zealand. Whether this belief is ; well founded or not time will show ; biit' ■odhv6rsatioh with Mr' Sutherland does liotediiVey the impression ; that!he is<iriclined to" blow." During the time )her has been m- the Sounds he Jias wisely ; kept,a record of his expediences, ond he has m view the publication of a book — which cannot fail to interest a wide circle 1 — to '■'be' called- " Ten Years' Exploration pf the West Coast Sounds." ' "