The Hermit of Milford Sound.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 1212, 17 December 1919, Page 6

The Hermit of Milford Sound.

DEATH OF DONALD SUTHERLAND. V-itmu- th» r» iit death >A \l r [>>ii.dd -ittfi.■rU'ifi, v\lt.. had been in ili-h>-alth t'..r swmf tun-, and wh« w i- b-twe«'ii >h and 90 years "f »c>. th-" lumedin ~f.ir rentartft : ■\\lr Suther&nd w.i» .« well-known risntre Vj tuuri-it?. **■- enviiph •'» ,lli •' du»>rway, «iii\\ t>( -;!»:•■•■!! hill full ol when »rK- Marled <»" subjects dial his self-education had enabled Mm l».i matder; ilfedanl in manner, bui fnllv uodcrstandhu: h«»i'Hality *•- n -iff- laM-ioiwlely f..t»l of Nature. ;in>l full <>i resource m tier l-u>h 01 lh> .-..if'-i: proud—willi all Ih<* rhararler-fe-tie prid»- »( lib lli-ditatid rare—l»'>n-,-dd ti.t> h>pn r»II*-<i »n>- »( lit-.- Vikings, and n"l inaptly. • If-- h.il-.J fr.-rn Wj.-L in lb-' north ..f Scotland. II- r»me cut a> a y«.»un= titan and served in lh«- Maori war of Mk sixties. Then h>- had ;■ luni ->t the Thame? digging:-. After that !••■ rainc >u>uth., and &tart**d fo>siekin»£ f»t cold in th- baek ountry of WcsUand. h»dgiw about th-—• part*, be stayed r->r a

while? at 4am»'Sb»wn. I- rt--r kii"'.vn as Martin's Bay. li-fi'i gold-hunt in-r he lot* b« expforhitr. imp- !bd to th.- life by fti«* beauty »d Hie wild country, and when be saw Milford Sound lie wu< >'. e-n.tivat.-d l»v its prandeur that he sday'd there, ib* lived by himself on a rial at th'- Sound, "f wliieh I •••upi-ii s>ix aVr-> for It y., t r-. undertaking [i..n»'-rins joiini'->>. ' "In »«n" "f these he .jL-f >v.-i'-d She wnrtd-rsriMii- fails wbt.-h b";»r his name; on another •■.\|»ediii«n. in istfl. lie fr.un't th-' p.>-- wliieh h..~ ! n ruraed JleKinnon Piitli»'rland named tt Balloon after th'- motmtain t>y if- >i>\-\ »»n hfs friji It.- .-;tui|'<.-d at thi* spot now known .<- o»'»b»n'>. "Thirty \..tr- agt« lie married in Ininedin a lady w17«.« wa- a widow. Th»-rv are no rhitdr>-n of lb* tn.irri.-»i."'r. ind th-' d-.--i--r- "niv i-.-hitiv.-- in \y.. an- ;♦ fit phew in im<T--;»r.:fH and •» nfi-r*» in Wellington, both married." Wli.n tt;. Hinemo;t r-:>-h-d Milf-.rd -"iind «n h'-v !•-! frfP. Mr-. Sutfi. tl.iiti! rn'-t th-- \>—s-i and rvp-Tled that her hn.-h.-Lft-l Fin-! died fp»m 'tr->p-> tl>irt> day-i• pr» vif-u-ly. She was cilMn'- 1 . and the body had remained in the h">t—• till Ine st-Mti: -r arrive.!. ~;..- T.i leave in U"- ste.-mier.