16,272. Did you ever buy the whole of your articles anywhere else?-Yes.
16,273. Why did you buy any of them elsewhere?-I was not very particular about where I went. If I had money in my hand I went to any place that was most suitable, or where I could get the most suitable articles.
16,274. Did you often do that?-Not often. I more frequently had an account with the agent.
16,275. When you go to make an engagement in the agent's shop for a voyage, are you sometimes asked if you want anything?-No, I am never asked that, unless if I happen to be running an account he may ask if have got all my things, or something like that.
16,276. Does he not usually ask you that?-I cannot say that he does.
16,277. Is there any difficulty nowadays in getting berths in Greenland ships?-Sometimes there is because there are not many ships that come here.
16,278. Are there more men than berths?-Sometimes that is the case.
16,279. When that is the case, what kind of men have the best chance of being engaged?-I don't know.
16,280. Do you think a man who owes an account to the agent, or who is to keep an account with him, has a better chance than another?-I cannot say that he has.
16,281. Do you think the men have that impression?-I believe they do have that impression; but whether it is a right impression or not I cannot say.