542. You have heard the evidence of the previous witness, Andrew
Tulloch?-Yes.
543. Is the statement you wish to make very much the same as
his?-Very much the same. We want to know, as British subjects,
whether, if we pay our rent annually, we are entitled to our
freedom.
544. You mean, whether you are to be allowed to fish to any
person you choose?-Yes; to fish to any person, or to work at any
kind of work for which we have a mind.
545. Have you been told by young Mr. Bruce, or any one else on
his behalf, that you are not to have your freedom?-No. We only
got a hint of it from the fish-merchant.
546. And your alarm has been excited by what you have heard
from the people at Dunrossness?-Yes.
547. Do you know what Mr. Bruce's system is with the tenants
under him there?-I cannot say exactly, except that they are not
well satisfied with it. At least I know that some of them are not
satisfied.
<Adjourned>.
[Page 11] Lerwick: Tuesday, January 2, 1872.
LAURENCE MAIL, examined.