4139. You have come in from Sandwick parish to give some evidence about the way in which you are paid for your hosiery?- Yes.
4140. Do you knit for any person in town?-Yes; have knitted for Mr. Robert Linklater for four years.
4141. Do you knit with his wool?-Yes.
4142. And are you paid in goods?-Yes.
4143. Do you ever get money?-No.
4144. Have you ever asked for it?-I asked for it one time, and he said he expected money from me, and not I from him.
4145. That was for goods you were to get?-Yes.
4146. But you gave him hosiery instead of money, and you got his goods?-Yes.
4147. Have you ever disposed of any of the goods you got in that way, in order to provide yourself with provisions or to pay rent?- Yes.
4148. To whom have you sold them?-I have sold them to several persons for oil to see to knit.