1112. Then in what way are you bound?-By our father signing an obligation.
1113. Are you the son of a Burra man?-Yes.
1114. Did your father sign the obligation eight years ago?-Yes.
1115. What reason have you to suppose that binds you to fish?- My father told me when he came home, that neither he nor his sons were to be allowed to fish to any other men than Messrs. Hay.
1116. Is it eight years since he told you that-Yes.
1117. Is your father alive?-Yes, he is here. His name is John Sinclair.
1118. Have you attempted or wished to fish for any other than Messrs. Hay?-Yes; in the Faroe fishing, but nowhere else.
1119. Was there any objection taken to your doing so?-No; because at the time when I broke off from Messrs. Hay they could not suit me with a vessel. I was competent to take charge of a vessel, and they had none to give me, and for that reason they let me off.
1120. Do you go in for the home fishing?-Sometimes.
1121. Have you fished for any other than Messrs. Hay in that fishing?-No, not in the long-line fishing.