5127. At the commencement of that period, were you free to fish to any one you liked?-No; there has always been a bond on that estate to fish to Mr. Grierson, or to any one to whom the fish were let. That has been the case all my time, and I have been more than sixty years there.
5128. Have you fished to anybody else during any part of that time?-No; it was always to him. There were three years when Mr. Bruce and Mr Grierson were in company together.
5129. But before that you were not free?-No; I never knew a time when we were free all the time I have been there.
5130. Who did you fish to before that?-To Mr. Grierson and to his father. I fished to the present Mr. Grierson's grandfather, and I was at the beach to him.
5131. Was he a fish-curer and fish-merchant also?-Yes.
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5132. Was that property ever set in tack to a fish-merchant?-Yes; but that was before my day.
5133. Has the obligation to fish always been a part of the condition on which you held your land?-Yes.
5134. Were you present at the time when young Mr. Grierson intimated to the tenants that he was taking the fishing into his own hands?-Yes; I and every man and boy on the estate were all assembled in the same room, and we all heard the same agreement read
5135. Was not that the beginning of the present state of things under which you are now bound to fish?-Yes.