13,132. I believe it was about 1860 that Mr Bruce took the tack?- Yes.
13,133. How were you employed at Grutness before [Page 325] then?-I was there for Messrs. Hay & Co. They had the shop there formerly, and some of the men belonging to that estate were employed by them as fishermen.
13,134. Do you remember intimation being made to the tenants about 1860 that they were expected to fish for Mr. Bruce?-Yes. I think there was some person sent round with a letter to that effect, but I did not see the letter.
13,135. However, you know that such an intimation was made?-I understood so.
13,136 Do you remember, a good many years ago, of one James Brown at Toab selling some fish to Robert Leslie?-I don't remember about that at present.
13,137. Do you remember of James Brown's farm being advertised to be let at the shop, a ticket being put up there?-I don't remember about that.
13,138. May it have happened, although you do not remember?- It is possible it may have happened; but I don't remember anything about it at the present moment.
13,139. Can you say that such a thing did not happen twelve years ago?-I think James Brown had not got a farm twelve years ago.
13,140. Perhaps it was his father?-I never knew his father. I think his father was dead before James Brown came to the parish.
13,141. Do you remember any case of a farm being advertised because the tenant had sold his fish, or attempted to sell them, to another merchant?-I do not remember any case of a farm being advertised for man selling fish. The tenants have been reproved for doing so; but I cannot remember of any farm being advertised for that.