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the people to stand it, and was it not a disgrace to civilization 

 that any human being should be compelled to perform 

 horses' work without thanks or wages ? " -In cross-examina- 

 tion he admitted that this work was not given by the tenants 

 last year, but added that " the service would still be exacted 

 if we did not rebel against it". The following dialogue 

 between the witness and the chairman is worth recording : 



Q. Would the proprietor exact the services where it was incon- 

 venient for the tenant to give it ? 



A. We were bound to render the service any time it was wanted. 



Q. Supposing they were doing their own harvest work, would the 

 proprietor take them away and make them work at his own harvest ? 



A. Although only my wife were at home, and my corn going to the 

 winds, she must needs do the landlord's work when required. I 

 remember coming home from the fishing after I had been four months 

 away. I found my wife reaping the landlord's corn, and she asked, as 

 a favour from the factor and manager, to be allowed to go home to 

 prepare food for me, and she would not get leave. (Sensation). 



Q . Were you allowed to find a substitute for the work ? 



A. Yes, if I paid. 



Q. It is stated in the paper read that abusive language was used ? 



A. The language was so bad that I would be ashamed to repeat it 

 in the presence of gentlemen. 



Q. On whose part? 



A. The manager, Campbell. 



In the statement presented by Donald MacLean, Galtrigal, 

 on behalf of his township, it was stated that " they were also 

 forced to work ten days a year, a man or woman from each 

 croft, for the proprietor, and if they did not they were in 

 danger of eviction. They had also to buy hooks from the 

 proprietor to shear his own corn, and if they did not 

 attend to his labour they were charged 25. 6d. a day, but if 

 they got any work from him for payment [over and above 

 the ten days' free labour], he only gave them is. and is. 6d. 

 a day. 



