1275. Do the Levenwick people come to the Channerwick shop?- Yes.
1276. What did you get in Mouat's shop?-We got the goods he pleased to give us.
1277. Did you get the goods you wanted?-No; we did not get the goods we wanted. We could just get the goods he had.
1278. What did you get?-We sometimes got a [Page 26] little tea and cotton and anything we asked for that was there. If it was there for us to get it was very well; but if it was not there, we had to walk home without, and we could get no money to buy it with.
1279. How could you get no money?-Because he would not give it to us on any consideration at all.
1280. Did you often ask for?-Every year and every time.
1281. What do you mean by every time?-Every time we came to that store when we thought his goods were not a bargain for us to take we asked for some money to go somewhere else and get a better bargain; but of course we were denied it. We could get none.
1282. Did you never get an advance of money from the time the fishing began, until settling time?-No.
1283. Did you ever get any money from Mouat during the whole seventeen years you fished for him?-No.
1284. Did you not get money if there was, a balance over at settling time?-No.