Query 2d. _In what do the men and women mostly employ themselves_?

"B. I have know the colony between forty and fifty years. At my first
remembrance of them, they were called the _Tinklers_, (Tinkers) of
Yetholm, from the males being chiefly then employed in mending pots, and
other culinary utensils, especially in their peregrinations through the
hilly and less populous parts of the country.

"Sometimes they were called _Horners_, from their occupation in making
and selling horn spoons, called Cutties. Now their common appellation is
that of _Muggers_, or, what pleases them better, _Potters_. They
purchase, at a cheap rate, the cast or faulty articles, at the different
manufactories of earthenware, which they carry for sale all over the
country; consisting of groups of six, ten, and sometimes twelve or
fourteen persons, male and female, young and old, provided with a horse
and cart to transport the pottery; besides shelties and asses to carry
the youngest of the children, and such baggage as they find necessary.

"In the country, they sleep in barns, and byres, or other out-houses: and
when they cannot find that accommodation, they take the canvas covering
from the pottery cart, and squat below it like a covey of partridges in
the snow.

"A few of the colony also employ themselves occasionally in making
beesoms, foot-bosses, &c. from heath, broom, and bent, and sell them at
Kelso, and the neighbouring towns. After all, their employment can be
considered little better than an apology for idleness and vagrancy.

"They are in general great adepts in hunting, shooting, and fishing; in
which last they use the net and spear, as well as the rod; and often
supply themselves with a hearty meal by their dexterity. They have no
notion of being limited in their field sports, either to time, place, or
mode of destruction.

"I do not see that the women are any otherwise employed, than attending
the young children; and assisting to sell the pottery when carried
through the country."

"Query 3rd. _Have they any settled abode in winter_, _and where_?

"C. Their residence, with the exception of a single family, who some
years ago came to Kelso, is at Kirk Yetholm, and chiefly confined to one
row of houses, or street of that town, which goes by the name of Tinkler
Row. Most of them have leases of their possessions, granted for a term
of nineteen times nineteen years, for payment of a small sum yearly;
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