8944. Do you ever sell any beasts off your ground?-I sold one at 1st May last year, at the sale.
8945. Who was the purchaser?-Mr. Thomas Williamson.
8946. Was that at a sale at Mid Yell for the whole country?-The sale to which I went was at Cullivoe for North Yell.
8947. Had you promised Mr. Thomas Williamson the beast before you went?-No. When I went I was at liberty to sell it to any one I liked, but he bought the beast at the roup.
8948. Did anybody else bid for it?-No.
8949. Was it marked?-No. It never was entered into the bill of sale at the roup.
8950. But were the horns of the beast marked at any time?-I don't know.
8951. Why was it not entered in the bill of sale?-I made an agreement with Williamson just to take it away at the price I fixed. He said he would give what I asked for it. I asked £5, and I sent the beast home, and he gave me that for it.
8952. That took place in the first season you fished for Mr. Thomas Williamson?-Yes.
8953. By that time, I suppose, he had a little account against you?-I don't think it would be much. About that time the spring fishing was finished, and I don't think there was very much either way between us. I don't think I had much to give him, or that he had much to give me.