2007. Do you mean that the merchants say that?-Yes; when we sell shawls for money, they say they will not give so much for them in money as in goods.
2008. Who has told you that?-The merchants.
2009. Has that often been said to you?-Not often; but it has been said.
2011. Who has said it?-Mr. Sinclair: I sold shawl to him last night.
2012. And he told you last night that he would give you more in goods for it than he would give in money?-Yes, than he could give in money.
2013. What was the price of that shawl?-I got 15s. for it.
2014. Did you take that in goods?-Yes.
2015. Or in a line?-In goods.
2016. In goods that you took away at the time?-Yes.
2017. What would you have got if you had sold your shawl for money?-I cannot exactly say. He did not particularize that.