1225. Under whom?-Under Mr. Robert Bruce of Simbister.
1226. Do you pay your rent to him?-We pay our rent to Mr. William Irvine, the factor.
1227. Is that Mr. Irvine of Hay & Co.?-Yes.
1228. What quantity of land do you hold?-It is rather more than what are called two merks and about a third.
1229. How much is that in acres?-I don't know. It is a Danish measurement.
1230. How much rent do you pay for that?-£4, 2s. 10d.
1231. Do you also pay taxes and poor-rates in addition?-No; that is included in the sum I have mentioned.
1232. What did you come to complain about?-About the way we were dealt with when we were under tack for seventeen years to Mr. Robert Mouat. He got bankrupt in the latter end.
1233. How long is it since he became bankrupt?-It was only last year, and he went away then.
1234. Before that, had he a tack of the whole lands of Mr. Bruce in that part of the country?-He had Levenwick, Channerwick and Coningsburgh in tack.