6913. Have you an account in Mr. Leask's shop?-Yes. I have an account the whole time, from the time I go out until I come back and go again.
6914. Is that account closed when you come back from the fishing?-Yes; I have no account after that.
6915. Is that because you live at a distance from Lerwick during the winter?-I suppose that is the reason.
6916. What is your account for?-For tea, coffee, butter, pork, and such things as that.
6917. Have you got a pass-book?-No, I asked for [Page 167] one in 1870, but they refused to mark anything into a pass-book, and I never asked for it again.
6918. Who refused it?-The people in the shop; and they did not give a pass-book to any one more than to me.
6919. Was it refused to you in Mr. Leask's shop in Lerwick?- Yes.
6920. Did they give you any reason for refusing?-They thought it too much bother, I suppose. I knew of no other reason.
6921. Were the things you got for your own use at the fishing?- Yes.
6922. Did you take them all to the fishing with you?-Yes; we buy cloth and all other things for ourselves. We are only supplied with bread.