13,896. Is that put into a separate account from the summer fishing?-Yes, but it is all paid at the same time, because it has been earned by the same crew.
13,897. Do you sometimes fish in small boats in winter?-I have done that on former occasions, but not now. I have dropped the winter fishing.
13,898. Did you sometimes take large quantities of fish in winter?-Sometimes the fishing then was not very good. In some years we might make a few pounds by it.
13,899. Did you always sell your winter fish to the tacksman at Vidlin?-Sometimes; but I cannot say that we did so always.
13,900. Did you consider yourself bound to sell them to him?-I believed I was bound.
13,901. But you were not so strict in doing it in winter as you were with regard to the summer fishing?-No.
13,902. What led you to think that you were bound to sell your winter fish to him as well as your summer fish?-I don't know. I only knew that the tacksman wished to have them; but we did not sell them all to him.
13,903. Are you at perfect liberty to go to Lerwick for your goods if you choose?-Yes.
13,904. Does Sutherland or any one else ask you at settlement if you want any goods?-No; they just give me whatever goods I ask.
13,905. But do they ask you if you want anything when you are settling?-At times they may, but not always.