14,874. Is the insurance you have mentioned the only one you pay?-Yes; the only one I pay, to my knowledge.
14,875. Do you get any writing for that insurance?-It has never been asked.
14,876. Has it ever been offered to you?-No; it never was offered that I have been aware of, because we always had to go to the ship and leave here to go south. Therefore I wrote to my wife to go to the merchant about the insurance.
14,877. Do you not join the ship at Lerwick?-Yes; but we are landed in Shetland from the sealing, and the vessel goes south and discharges her oil, and then they send for us to go south and join the ship there. That has been done during the last two years.
14,878. When you get your wife to insure for you, where does she go?-She goes to Mr. Leask.
14,879. Do you not know whether Mr. Leask charges you with an insurance upon your outfit?-No; at least I never was sensible of it.
14,880. Do you not read over your account when you settle it?- Yes, but I never observed that in it.
14,881. Is there no sum for insurance charged in it?-Not to my knowledge; but it may have escaped my notice.
14,882. How does your wife pay for the insurance which you effect?-I pay for it myself at the end of the voyage.
14,883. Who told you about the insurance first?-Mr. Leask or some of his people. I don't know any of them in particular; but of course we have always done it.