"'So that the mill was still working on the Sabbath morning.' 'Yes.'
"'Were the workmen paid by the piece, or by the day?' 'No, all had stated wages.'
"'Did not that almost compel you to use great severity to the hands then under you?' 'Yes; I was compelled often to beat them, in order to get them to attend to their work, from their being overwrought.'
"'Were not the children exceedingly fatigued at that time?' 'Yes, exceedingly fatigued.'
"'Were the children bound in the same way in that mill?' 'No; they were bound from one year's end to another, for twelve months.'
"'Did you keep the hands locked up in the same way in that mill?' 'Yes, we locked up the mill; but we did not lock the bothy.'
"'Did you find that the children were unable to pursue their labour properly to that extent?' 'Yes; they have been brought to that condition, that I have gone and fetched up the doctor to them, to see what was the matter with them, and to know whether they were able to rise, or not able to rise; they were not at all able to rise; we have had great difficulty in getting them up.'
"'When that was the case, how long have they been in bed, generally speaking?' 'Perhaps not above four or five hours in their beds. Sometimes we were very ill-plagued by men coming about the females' bothy.'
"'Were your hands principally girls?' 'Girls and boys all together; we had only a very few boys.'
"'Did the boys sleep in the girls' bothy?' 'Yes, all together.'