9642. Did you pay £8 of additional rent to him during that time?- Yes. The other tenants paid £4 for the same amount of land that I paid £5 for.
9643. Did he tell you that that was because you did not fish?- Yes.
9644. Did he tell you that when you took the ground?-No; he did not say very much about it at that time.
9645. But he told you afterwards that you must pay £1 a year more if you did not fish?-Yes.
9646. Why did you leave?-I did not leave until he warned me.
9647. Why did he warn you?-Because he wanted a skipper for a boat.
9648. Where have you been since?-I was on Basta for three years.
9649. Where are you now?-On Major Cameron's property, under Mr. Walker. I have no shop there; but I have a house and a bit of ground, which I bought with money I had saved. I am not doing anything at present.
9650. Have you known many men who have been turned out of their holdings because they did not fish?-I have known a few in Yell. The proprietors of the land, if they did not fish for them, would turn them out.
9651. Is that a common understanding among the people?-Yes.