8199. Why did you not get the rest in money?-The merchant made an objection that he would not.
8200. Why?-I don't know why.
8201. Did he say the bargain was that was to be paid in goods?- No, he could not say that.
8202. Why? Had you agreed upon a price before?-No.
8203. You were just to take the price that was the market price when you brought the cloth back?-Yes.
8204. Did you offer to take a less price if he gave the money?-He would give no money at all.
8205. Are you ever paid in money for your cloth?-Yes. I have been paid in money for some cloth.
8206. Is it a general thing in the country to pay in money, or to pay in goods?-When people have wool of their own, they make a difference.
8207. How would they make a difference?-Because if the wool had belonged to me I could have gone to any other merchant and sold it, but the wool was his.
8208. Was not the wool your own in this case?-If I had been able to pay for the wool when I took out, then it would have been my own.