1255. When you fished for Mouat, did you deliver your fish to his people?-Yes.
1256. Where?-At Levenwick.
1257. Did you deliver them green or dry?-Green.
1258. How were you paid for them?-We were just paid as he liked to pay us. He gave us just what he chose.
1259. When were you paid for them?-Sometimes in March, sometimes about the New Year, or just when he chose to make arrangements for paying us.
1260. Did he pay you then for all the fish of the previous season?-Yes.
1261. At what time in the season did you begin to fish?-We began in the spring-generally in the month of May.
1262. And all the fish which you caught from May down to next winter were paid for in January or February or March?-Yes; or at any time, just as he chose to make arrangements for paying.
1263. Did you make a bargain about the price at the beginning of the season?-No.
1264. Did you make your bargain when you delivered your fish to him?-No.