11,622. Did your aunt sometimes succeed better in getting money than you did?-Sometimes. When visitors were here she would; she always sold them to them.
11,623. But when she sold to a merchant, has she often got more money than you have mentioned just now?-No; when she sold to the merchants, and did not want to take goods for the whole, she took a line. It was from Mr. Sinclair that she got lines, and when we wanted goods we took back the line and got them. We once got lines from Mr. Tulloch also. We only got goods for them, not cash.
Scalloway, January 22, 1872, ISABELLA HENDERSON, examined.
11,624. You live in Scalloway with your father and sister?-Yes.
11,625. Is your father an old man?-Yes. He is between sixty and seventy years old. He is not fit to work much, but he goes to sea occasionally in fine weather.
11,626. Do you and your sister chiefly support the family by your knitting and other work?-Yes.
11,627. Do you require cash sometimes for your rent and provisions?-Yes.
11,628. Have you a little bit of ground?-Yes. We have a small bit from the farmers during the season for potatoes.
11,629. Where do you generally sell your veils?-We just sell them to any of the merchants. We make them chiefly with our own wool, but sometimes we get worsted given out to us from Mr. Sinclair and Mr. Arthur Laurenson.
11,630. Have you accounts with these merchants?-Yes. We always had accounts when we got out worsted from them.