3452. For whom did you knit in Unst?-For Mr. Thomas Jamieson.
3453. Is he a merchant and purchaser of hosiery?-Yes.
3454. Did you knit with wool supplied by him?-Yes; generally.
3455. You sometimes knitted with worsted of your own?-Yes.
3456. How were you paid for what you knitted with his worsted?-The veils were 1s. when made with Scotch worsted, and 10d. when made with Shetland worsted, and for shawls of twenty-four scores we were paid 9s. for knitting.
3457. What do you mean by twenty-four scores?-That was the size of the shawl.
3458. Did he pay you in money when you knitted for him in that way?-No.
3459. Did you ever get any money from him?-No, I never got it, because it was a thing he never gave, and we never asked for it.
3460. Were you content to take the value in goods?-Sometimes,
and sometimes not.
3461. When were you not content to do that?-When I could not fall in with the things I was wanting.