3462. Was that often?-Not very often; but sometimes he was out of things I wanted.
3463. When you wanted anything which you could not fall in with in his shop, what did you do?-Sometimes he sent for it to us, and sometimes not; and we had then to take just what things were there.
3464. Did you live with your father?-Yes.
3465. He kept you in food, so that you did not require to buy any food for yourself?-Only sometimes in the summer time chiefly.
3466. Did you work out in the summer time?-Yes, for day's wages.
3467. Then you did not require to knit for your living, but only for your clothing?-Only for our clothing; but of course we could not have got food for our knitting from that man, even if we had required it. He would not have given it.
3468. How much would you make in the week in Unst by knitting?-Perhaps 3s. or 4s., according to what we did.
3469. That was his value in goods?-Yes.
3470. Were you paid in the same way when you knitted with your own worsted?-Yes, we were generally paid in the same way.
3471. What kind of goods did you get from Mr Jamieson?- Cotton and winceys.