10,774. You do a good deal more at that than your neighbours?- Yes, a good deal.
10,775. How much will you make for a winter and spring fishing, before the regular haaf fishing begins?-Last winter I made about £12, and in the spring £6.
10,776. Have you made a good fishing of it this winter season, so far as it is gone?-Yes, very good.
10,777. Do you sell your fish as you land them?-No, I salt them as I land them.
10,778. Will you make as good a fishing of it this season as you did last season?-I hope I shall. I have every prospect of doing so.
10,779. You carry on that winter fishing with a small boat?-Yes, with a small four-oared boat which I work with my two boys.
10,780. You think you make a great deal more in the winter and spring than any of your neighbours?-Yes, I have always done that, because I devote my time to it exclusively.
10,781. In fact you are more industrious and courageous?-I think I have been that.
10,782. Do you think it would be possible for a man here to live by fishing all the year round?-I am living by it myself.
10,783. Have you not a piece of ground?-I have a small piece of ground, but it can do very little for me, because I am paying about £12 of rent and rates. I have to buy all my livelihood in the course of the year from my fishing.