1630. Do you prefer to sell to ladies in the town?-Yes.
1631. Are the goods which you knit for them for their own use?- Yes; or perhaps they get an order from the south, and they will rather put the money our way than go to the merchants with it.
1632. Do many ladies befriend you in that way?-Not many. There is Mrs. Walker, the Rev. Mr. Walker's lady.
1633. Who else?-I have not done anything for any other person for money.
1634. But Mrs. Walker pays you in money?-Yes; and the same amount as I would get in goods from the shops.
1635. Are the women who knit anxious to get customers of that kind?-Yes.
1636. Would you be content with a lower price for your shawls if you could get it in cash?-Yes.
1637. Have you ever been to take a lower price and get the money?-No.
1638. Have you ever offered to take less for your shawls if you could get money?-Yes.
1639. To whom did you make that offer?-I offered a white half- shawl to Mr. Robert Sinclair, and I also offered a white half-shawl to Mr. Thomas Nicholson.