1179. You are a fisherman in Burra, and you hold land there under Messrs. Hay?-Yes.
1180. You have been present during the examination of the previous witnesses?-Yes.
1181. Do you agree with most of what Williamson and Smith have said?-Yes.
1182. Is it all correct?-Yes; all correct.
1183. You generally go to the Faroe fishing?-I do.
1184. How long may you be absent at that fishing?-It just depends upon the season: sometimes we may be away for perhaps four months. We are generally home once in the middle of the time. We are sometimes we may be away longer than four months, sometimes not so long ago.
1185. What merchants have you generally engaged with?-I have engaged with a great many merchants in Shetland.
1186. There has been no objection made to your going with any merchant you liked?-No.
1187. Messrs. Hay have not objected to that?-No. They might not have been requiring me when I was going, and therefore I could go where I liked.
1188. When you go there, how do you arrange for your family to be supplied during your absence?-The merchant supplies them during my absence.