11,631. When you knit for them with their worsted, are you paid in goods?-Yes.
11,632. And also when you sell an article of your own?-Yes.
11,633. Have you ever got any money from them?-No.
11,634. Have you ever asked for it?-Yes. It is some time ago, but I asked once or twice, and was refused. After that I was accustomed to get nothing but tea or soft goods, or anything else they had in the shop, and I did not ask for money again.
11,635. Did they ever ask you to take a less price when you asked for money?-No.
11,636. Did they never offer to give you money if you would take less for your goods?-No
11,637. Have you ever had to exchange your goods for provisions?-Often. I have done that with several people. Sometimes, when I sold my veils, I would have to take a line from Mr. Sinclair; and if I knew any person who was requiring such goods as Mr. Sinclair kept, I would sell the line to them, and they would go to Lerwick with it and get what they wanted.
11,638. Who have you bartered your lines with in that way?-I am not inclined to tell their names, because it was done to me as a favour, and they did not wish it to be made known. I may say, however, that I have given the soft goods to Mrs. Tait in Charles Nicholson's shop.
11,639. Was Mrs. Tait always ready to take your goods?-She was not very ready, but when she saw it was necessary, she would do it out of kindness.
11,640. When you dispose of your goods in that way, do you generally get the full value for them?-Not always.