1873. But you said you would have preferred to have had half of it in money?-Provided I could have got it, I should have liked it very well; but I did not ask that. 1874. Why did you not ask it? Do you think there would have been a difficulty in getting it?-I don't know; I only know that I never asked for one half of it in money. 1875. Why?-I generally took a line for what remained to me upon a shawl. I might have got the money instead of a line, but I did not ask it. 1876. You have taken lines sometimes?-Yes, I generally took them. 1877. Have you any of these lines have none just now?-No, I have none just now. 1878. When you get a line, do you always take it [Page 37] back to the shop, and get goods?-Yes; I sometimes take it back to the shop. 1879. What do you do with it at other times?-Sometimes a friend may require a line from me, and give me money for it. 1880. If you were selling your goods for ready money, would you take a less price for them?-Sometimes I have seen me take a shilling or so less if it was all money. 1881. But you said you never got the whole price of a shawl in money?-Occasionally I sold a shawl to a stranger in the place in the summer time, and I might give it to him for a shilling less. 1882. Do you generally get a smaller price when you sell to a stranger in that way?-Perhaps I may sometimes have asked a smaller price, as it was the money I was to get. 1883. If you wanted the money, why did you not, when selling your shawls to a merchant, ask him for the ready money, and take 1s. or 2s. less?-I don't know. I never thought of that. 1884. Was it not because it was not the practice here to give money?-Yes; that is the truth. 1885. Of course a shawl which you sold to a stranger in that way would be one knitted with your own worsted which you had bought?-Yes. 1886. Do you always pay ready money for your worsted?- Always. 1887. Do you always buy your worsted from the merchants in town?-Sometimes; and sometimes, when the country people come down, they have worsted with them, and I buy it from them too. 1888. Is the price the same in both cases?-Yes, always. 1889. If you were selling a shawl to a merchant and taking goods, and if you asked to have part of the goods in worsted, is there any objection made to that way of dealing?-No; I never heard any objection made to that. 1890. Did you ever get worsted as part of the goods you received in payment for your shawls?-Yes. 1891. Often?-Not very often; sometimes. 1892. You never knew of any objection being made to giving you worsted as part of what you were to get for your shawls?-No. 1893. Or for a line?-No; I never heard any objection. 1894. Do you knit to a large extent?-Yes; knit a good deal 1895. How much will you make in a month or in a week in that way?-I could not exactly say. It takes a good long time to make a nice shawl. 1896. Is it mostly shawls you make?-Yes.