8449. But the price of that was generally as much you had to get at settlement?-It was.
8450. Was it ever more?-Not very often.
8451. Did you ever think of changing from one employer to another?-No, I did not think of that, because I did not see any good it could do me.
8452. Do you think you would not have got a better price?-No.
8453. And you would not have got better supplies from another merchant?-The only merchant I ever dealt with was Mr. Inkster, because his shop is nearest to me, and I always found his goods as cheap as any other man's.
8454. Would it not have been far more convenient for you to have got all your goods from Mr. Inkster's, instead of carrying them from Hillswick?-Yes; but with regard to lines and hooks, and such things as we require for the fishing, we could not get them from Mr. Inkster, because we were bound to go for them to the man that we fished for.
8455. How long is it since you gave up fishing?-About eight years ago.
8456. You continued to go to the merchant for whom you fished until that time?-Yes.
8457. Did you never think of fishing for Mr. Inkster?-No, because the men I fished with in the boat wanted to go to Mr. Anderson, and I did not want to make discord in the boat's crew.
8458. Have you heard the evidence of the other witnesses from Muckle Roe, Gideon Williamson and John Wood?-Yes.