5339. You just make up a boat's crew, and you are paid for your fish at the end of the season according to the current rate?-Yes
5340. Is it the understanding with all the boats' crews that they are to be paid at the current rate?-Yes.
5341. When is the price of your fish paid to you? At Martinmas when we settle.
5342. Have you an account in Mr. Adie's books for supplies to
yourself and your family in the meantime?-Yes.
5343. Do you deal at his shop for all your provisions and your purchases of cotton and other things?-I do, for the principal part of what I need, but not altogether.
5344. How far do you live from Mr. Adie's nearest shop?-About 71/2 miles; his shop is at Voe.
5345. Do you always go there for what you want-Yes; generally I do that, unless sometimes, when I am needing some small things, I may go to another: but I am not bound to go to his shop unless I choose to go.
5346. Then why do you go so far?-Because I generally fish to Mr. Adie, and I have the greatest part of my dealings with him. I have not been accustomed to shift very much, unless it might be an inconvenience to me, and sometimes I have gone to another shop.
5347. How long have you fished for him?-For about fourteen or fifteen years.