7011. Would you have got your supplies from Mr. Anderson and still have been at liberty to engage with anybody else for the haaf?-No.
7012. Why?-I did not engage with any other body that year.
7013. But would you have been at liberty to have done that if you had liked?-I don't know. If I had been clear with Mr. Anderson, I might have had my liberty.
7014. You thought you were not at liberty because, you were not clear?-Yes.
7015. Were you told you were not at liberty to engage with anybody after you had got your supplies from Mr. Anderson?-No.
7016. You just wanted the supplies, and you went and engaged yourself to him?-Yes. Of course, I had to get my supplies, and I just got them from the man that I was to engage with.
7017. But nobody asked you to engage for the haaf?-Yes.
7018. Is it usual for men to be engaged for the haaf fishing so early as November?-Yes; most of them are engaged then.
7019. Although the haaf fishing does not begin until six months afterwards?-Yes.
7020. What is their reason for engaging so early in the season?- Most of time, when they are settling up, engage for a new year. They make up their crews then.