13,837. But you knew about it?-I heard that Mr. Bell had delivered the fishing over to Mr. Robertson.
13,838. Was that the reason why you did not want to come forward to-day?-Yes.
13,839. You knew you were bound to fish, and you did not want to say anything to the contrary?-Yes, in case it might affect me in any way with them.
13,840. Would you prefer to have your liberty?-Of course; but my days are done now. I have been bound to serve the estate since I was eleven years of age, and now I am sixty. I was two years at the beach when I was a boy; and I went to the ling fishing when I was thirteen.
13,841. Has there been any time since then when you could have sold your fish to anybody else than the landlord or his tacksman?-I could have sold some of them to small fish-curers or yaggers if I had pleased; but I did not attempt to do so, because I thought I was bound to fish for them.
13,842. Are there small fish-curers or yaggers who buy fish on the sly in the summer?-Yes.
13,843. But in the winter you can sell your fish to any person you please?-I don't think we can do that either. None of the tenants can sell their fish in winter unless they do it privately.
13,844. Do they all sell their winter and spring fish to Mr. Robertson at present?-Yes.
13,845. Have they always sold them to the proprietor or his tacksman?-Yes, except those who sell them privately.
13,846. Are there many yaggers about Lunna?-Not many.