7116. Of the rest, how many were unfit for fishing, and how many were engaged in other fishings?-I think there were three tenants fishing to other curers.
7117. In the summer fishing?-Yes; there were two at Faroe and two or three, two at least, sailing south. Others were employed as fish-curers and tradesmen, and in other capacities.
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7118. There were three fishing for other curers: was that by permission or sufferance?-By sufferance, not by permission.
7119. No objection was taken to them doing so?-No; and no consequences have followed.
7120. Was that about an average number of men fishing for other curers, or was it greater or less than usual?-I think there have been fewer in some years; and in some years I think there have been none at all.
7121. You employed nine deep-sea boats at North Roe?-Yes, in this parish.
7122. And you had also some crews from Yell?-Yes; there were four deep-sea boats from Yell.
7123. There were also some small boats?-Yes.
7124. What distinction is there between the small boats and the large ones?-There is no difference in the fishings to which they go. They fish for the same sort of fish; but the small boats do not carry so large a crew, and the boats themselves are not so large. Generally these small boats belong to the men themselves; the large boats are hired from Messrs. Hay & Co.