15,495. Did you always get the balance that was due?-Yes, I got it, but very little money.
15,496. Was that because you had a large account?-I don't know.
15,497. Do you remember some years ago being engaged by Mr. Joseph Leask on a voyage to what is called the west-ice?-Yes.
15,498. Is that in Davis Straits?-No, it is to the northward.
15,499. Do you remember applying for your wages in money in that year?-Yes.
15,500. Did you get it at once whenever you asked for it?-Yes.
15,501. Did you sail in the same vessel again that year?-Yes; but Mr. Leask was not for me going in her again, because I had got my money. If it had not been for the captain I would not have got with the vessel, but he said he would have me. The vessel was the 'Camperdown,' and that occurred in 1866.
15,502. What was Mr. Leask's reason for not engaging you for that vessel?-I don't know.
15,503. You said it was because you got your money?-I believe Mr. Leask thought I was for the double voyage, but I was only for the single voyage; and when I came home after the first voyage I got settled with him, because at that time I was intending to go south. I came over and got my money, but before the end of the week the vessel returned again, going to Davis Straits, and I went up to see if I could get a chance to go in her. When Captain Bruce told me to go and get my things and come with the vessel again, Mr. Leask was wild, and said I should not get a chance.
15,504. Had you intended at first not to go on the second voyage that year?-I was anxious to go but I did not know that the Captain was to put me down for the double voyage.