8489. Are they paid for their work in the way which Mrs. Williamson and Mrs. Johnston have described?-Yes.
8490. They are paid mostly in goods?-They can take either goods or money, because they are not in debt to any man.
8491. Do you keep an account with any merchant?-No; I keep the family accounts.
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8492. Do you keep them all in one?-Yes.
8493. Is that a common way at Muckle Roe?-I think it is, and I think it is the best way.
8494. Have you sometimes taken their webs to sell to the merchants?-Yes, I have sometimes done so.
8495. Have you ever got money for a web?-Yes, if I wanted it.
8496. But did you ever get it?-I have. I have got £4 at a time, when the web was worth it.
8497. Was that long ago?-It was this very year.