12,264. Do you do that only in the winter and spring, or also in the summer?-It is only in the winter and spring that I have the chance of doing it. There are scarcely any fish got in our quarter in the summer time, because the fishermen are generally engaged in the Faroe fishing then.
12,265. Are none of them engaged in the ling fishing?-None at all.
12,266. Do you keep accounts for supplies that you make to fishermen?-Yes, a few.
12,267. Are these men engaged in the Faroe or the ling fishing?- Principally in the Faroe fishing.
12,268. Do any of these men get their whole supplies from you?- None of them. I think they are generally supplied from the shops of the owners of the vessels they are in.
12,269. Do they get the most of their supplies from there?-I think so.
12,270. Do these men live near your shop, or are they living at a distance from you?-They live pretty near me. Some of them are near neighbours, and others live about three or four miles away.
12,271. How many men of that kind may there be who deal occasionally with you, but who get the bulk of their supplies from the parties for whom they are fishing?-I should fancy there may be about forty or fifty of them.
12,272. Have most of these men got accounts?-Generally they have, but not to a great extent; perhaps for a few shillings.
12,273. You understand they are supplied chiefly by the merchant for whom they ship?-Yes, generally.