7662. Do you not keep any soft goods at all?-Yes; I have a few pieces of cotton.
7663. You are just beginning business?-Yes.
7664. Had you any difficulty in getting shop accommodation?- Yes, a little.
7665. In what way? Was it not easy to find a shop in this parish?-No; it was not easy.
7666. How so?-The heritor did not wish to give it to me; and I had a lease saying that I was not to commence business.
7667. You had a lease of what?-Of a bit of ground which I held.
7668. Was it a lease of the premises you now possess?-Yes.
7669. When did you take that lease?-Fourteen years ago.
7670. You have lived there for fourteen years, and had a piece of ground?-Yes.
7671. And the lease prohibited you from carrying on any shop business?-Yes; but the heritor allowed me to cure fish, and to keep a little to supply the people whom I employed.