14,913. I thought you said you had been bound for four years?- Yes. It is four years since we were bound to fish for him regularly; he got the tack then.
14,914. Have you been fishing for Mr. Anderson for these four years?-Yes; three years we delivered the fish to him salt, and one year green.
14,915. Then all you were bound to do was to deliver your fish to him, either salt or green?-Yes.
14,916. You could cure them or not, as you liked?-Yes, for the first three years; but this year he would not allow us to cure them.
14,917. Was that because the quality of your cured fish was not good?-The fish were good.
14,918. Did he not assign that to you as the reason?-No. When I was told not to salt the fish last season, I went to him and asked him if that was on account of bad fish, and he said, No, he could not say that it was.
14,919. Did he give you any reason for not allowing you to continue to cure your own fish?-Very little.
14,920. Did he give any reason at all?-He said that other fishermen in the neighbourhood were thinking that they might be allowed to cure their fish as well.
14,921. Do you think fishermen generally can cure their own fish as well as when they are cured by a factor who gives his whole time to it?-I think so, provided they would pay a little attention to it themselves.
14,922. Do you get your supplies at the shop at Ollaberry?-Yes; or from Mr. Anderson's factor at the fishing station at Hamnavoe.