15,698. You say you do not make your living by charity, and you only get a penny now and then for running errands, but that is very seldom: is there any other way in which you make your living?- When a person wishes to lift their hand to me in charity, I take what they have to give me.
15,699. Do you swear that you don't make the principal part of your living by selling things in the town?-I don't make my living by that.
15,700. Do you swear that you don't sell something every day?-I don't sell something every day.
15,701. Don't you sell two or three things every week?-No; I am quite sure of that.
15,702. Have you sold anything this week?-No.
15,703. Did you sell anything last week or the week before?-No.
15,704. Did you sell anything last year?-I cannot remember what I did last year, for my memory is quite gone.
Lerwick, January 30, 1872, WILLIAM B.M. HARRISON, examined.
15,705. Are you a partner of the firm of Harrison & Sons?-I am.
15,706. Your firm, I believe, are extensively engaged in the Faroe fishing?-Yes.