1443. What did you get for them?-Goods.
1444. Did you ask for money?-I did not ask for money, because it has been understood for many years back that they would not give any, and goods are marked on the paper that we get. When I come down I employ a person to dress the shawls, and then that person sells them for me in the shop, and I get back a note from her, stating the amount in goods that I am to get for them. I understand not to ask for money, because the thing is always in that form.
1445. When you get the note, do you hand it back at the shop and get the goods in return?-Yes.
1446. Have you got any of these notes?-No; I have got the goods for them, and I was preparing to return to Fetlar when I was summoned here.
1447. Is the note printed or written?-It is all written.
1448. Who is the dresser that you employ?-A Miss Robertson. I don't know where she lives. The woman I live with when in Lerwick-Mrs. Park, Charlotte Place-went with her when she sold the shawls.
1449. Do you never go to the shop and sell your own shawls?- Sometimes I do; but not this time.
1450. Did you ever go to the shop to sell your shawls, and ask to be paid in money?-No; because I understood I would get no money.
1451. Did you ever get any part of the balance in money?-None.
1452. What do you get in goods?-Any kind of soft goods which I want, and which are in the shop. If the goods I want are not in the shop, then they would say that they did not have them; and I would have to take something else.