13,886. The book you have produced also contains your fish account?-It contains a copy of it, which was made by my son on Thursday night, from an old pass-book which I used in settling with Mr. Robertson.
13,887. In 1870 you got 7s. 3d. for your ling: did all the fishermen in Lunnasting get the same?-Yes.
13,888.,Was that the current price for the year?-Yes, but I believe some got more.
13,889. Did you hear that the people about Sandwick had got 8s. 3d. for ling that year?-Yes.
13,890. Was that from Smith and Tulloch, the curers there?-I don't know the men's names, but I believe it was.
13,891. Do you think it would have been possible to pay you as high as that, and to allow the fish-curer a decent profit?-I could not know unless I had been dealing in the fish myself, but I don't think it would have been possible.
13,892. The current price this year was 8s. for ling, 6s. 6d. for tusk and cod, and 4s. for saith?-Yes.
13,893. Do you think there was a higher price paid anywhere else this year?-I cannot say.
13,894. If you had got the price that was paid in 1870 at Sandwick, would you have had a larger sum to receive for your fishing?- Yes; we would have received about £13 more for the crew on the summer and harvest fishing.
13,895. Do you fish much in harvest?-No; we sometimes fish two weeks after old Lammas Day.