11,767. Did you always bring home some tea from Lerwick in order to sell it?-Yes.
11,768. And did you always find some of your neighbours ready to buy it?-Yes; there were always some of them kind enough to buy it from me.
11,769. Did you sell it at the full price that it had cost you?-Yes.
11,770. You did not sell it under its value?-No.
11,771. You did that very often, because you had no other way of getting money?-Yes.
11,772. Do you ever get any lines from the merchants in Lerwick?-No.
11,773. Do you always settle for your hosiery articles at once?- Yes.
11,774. Would you rather have money than be paid for your work in the way you have mentioned?-Yes, I would rather have money; but we knew that we would not get it, and therefore we never asked it.
11,775. Do you think you could make a better use of the money than you do of the goods?-Yes, a great deal better.
11,776. You think you could turn it to better account?-Yes.