"'How large was that mill?' 'There were only eighteen of us altogether.'
"'From what you have seen, should you say that the treatment of the children and the hours of labour are worse in the small or in the large mills?' 'I could not answer that question.'
"'Have you ever been in any large mill?' 'Yes, I am in one just now, Mr. Baxter's.'
"'Is the treatment of the children better in that large mill than in the smaller mills in which you have been usually?' 'There is little difference; the treatment is all one.'
"'To whose mill did you next go?' 'To Messrs. Baxter & Brothers, at Dundee.'
"'State the hours of labour which you worked when you were there, when trade was brisk?' 'Thirteen hours and twenty minutes.'
"'What time was allowed for meals?' 'Fifty minutes each day.'
"'Have you found that the system is getting any better now?' 'No, the system is getting no better with us.'
"'Is there as much beating as there was?' 'There is not so much in the licking way.'
"'But it is not entirely abolished, the system of chastisement?' 'No, it is far from that.'