7079. Did it often happen, in the course of your experience, that you were a little behind in that way?-Yes.
7080. And at such times you always thought it right to go to fish for him?-Yes; so that I might clear it off by my fishing.
7081. Were you ever objected to for selling your fish away from Mr. Anderson?-No.
7082. Did you not require to do that sometimes, in order to get a little cash?-No.
7083. Do you think the fishermen are as well off now as they used to be long ago, or are they better off?-They are much better off now than they were in my young days, because at that time married men who had families only got from 4s. to 6s. for their fish; while young men who were not married, and did not require it so much, got 7s. or 6s. 6d. or 6s. Now they get an equal price, and I think 6s. or 7s. is a good price. When the fishing turns out to be successful, it pays them very well.
7084. Have you always been satisfied with the quality of the things which you got from your fish-merchant's store?-Yes.
7085. Did you get anything at all at any other store when you were fishing?-No; but I was only a short time at the fishing. I was at sea for fifty years, sailing to Davis Straits and all round the globe, and I only gave that up when I could not go any longer.
7086. How many years were you fishing at the haaf?-Only four years.
7087. You were a sailor in the merchant service before that?- Yes.
7088. Did you go to Greenland too?-Yes; I went twenty-seven voyages to Davis Straits.