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164. Have you ever asked money for your shawls?-Yes; often.
165. From whom have you asked money?-I have asked it from the whole of the merchants in the town, but they are not used to giving money.
166. Who are the merchants in the town?-Mr. Sinclair and Mr.
Tulloch, and Mr. Laurenson.
167. Are these all you remember?-Yes.
168. Have you sold any shawls to any of these gentlemen lately?- Yes; I sold one to Mr. Laurenson about three months ago.
169. What was the price put upon it?-30s.
170. Was that what you call fine knitting?-Yes.
171. How were you paid for it?-I got goods for it.
172. Did you get no money at all?-No.
173. Did you ask to get some of it in money?-No; I did not ask that.
174. Did you want to get the goods?-Yes; because the goods suited.
175. What goods did you get?-I got bread.
176. Does Mr. Laurenson sell bread in his shop?-Yes.
177. Was there an account run for that?-Yes.
178. What else did you?-Just all kinds of things I was using.
179. Was it all provisions that you got?-No; there was light and plenty of things.
180. Any clothes?-No clothes.
181. Was there any account due before you sold that shawl?-No.
182. Did you get all these goods away with you at the time?-No; I just ran an account for them.
183. Have you got a pa.s.s-book?-I have got one, but I don't have it with me.
184. Was that pa.s.s-book going on with Laurenson before you sold him the shawl?-No; it just commenced when I sold the shawl.
185. Does that account still continue?-Yes.
186. Do you remember how much it comes to now?-No; I don't remember exactly.
187. Do you live in the Widows' Asylum?-Yes.
188. Are you not provided for there?-No.
189. You have to get your own food?-Yes.
190. You got what you wanted on that occasion from Mr.
Laurenson?-Yes.
191. Have you sold anything to him since then?-No.
192. Have you sold anything to any one else?-No.
193. Did you not knit a shawl for' Mr. Tulloch about a month ago?-Yes.
194. You did not sell it to him?-No; I did not sell it.
195. Did he supply the wool in that case?-Yes.
196. Was that because you had not wool of your own?-Yes.
197. What did he charge for the wool?-He just gave me 1 for knitting the shawl.
198. He supplied the wool, and agreed to pay you for knitting the shawl?-Yes.
199. Were you paid that 1?-Yes.
200. In money?-No.
201. Did you ask for money?-No.
202. Are you sure you did not ask for it in money?-Yes; I am sure of that.
203. Did you get any part of it in money?-No.
204. What did you get?-Just any clothes that I was needing.
205. When you went into the shop with the shawl, what pa.s.sed between you?-I said, 'Here is your shawl Mr. Tulloch.' He asked me what I was wanting.
206. Did you say you wanted money?-No.
207. What did you say?-That I was wanting some goods.
208. Did you mention the goods you wanted?-Yes.
209. What were they?-I believe I took 6 yards of white cotton at 6d. a yard; I also took 41/4 yards of cloth at 4s. 2d. a yard, with which to make waterproof clothing. I got some small things with the balance but I don't remember what they were.
210. But the shawl was to be 1; the cotton came to 3s., and the waterproof cloth to 17s. 81/2d., so that you were rather in Mr.
Tulloch's debt: was that left standing till the next time?-Yes.
211. Then you are to knit him something more?-Yes.
212. You have another order just now?-Yes.
