his friends about
twelve months since; having furnished them with a history of the Gipsies,
such a one as he hopes will be beneficial to the race, whose conduct,
condition, and necessities it narrates; he will conclude by thanking
those kind friends who have unintentionally contributed to the interest
of these pages, and by asking the continuation of their favours, with a
view to give increasing interest to an intended second edition. He would
not forget publicly to solicit, likewise, the correspondence of ladies
and gentlemen who may be in possession of facts or plans likely to
interest the public towards the Gipsies.

The author now commits these pages to the all-influential blessing of
God, earnestly praying that these poor, hard-faring wanderers, whose
character he has endeavoured to delineate, may be speedily rescued from
their present forlorn condition, and, that they may eventually be
conducted to the mansions of eternal bliss, where neither storm nor
tempest shall any longer afflict them, but where they shall join with the
ransomed of the Lord, in ascribing _blessing_, _and honour_, _and glory_,
_and power_, _unto him that sitteth upon the throne_, _and unto the Lamb
for ever and ever_.

THE END.

LIST OF AUTHORS
WHO HAVE WRITTEN ON THE GIPSIES.

H. M. G. GRELLMAN'S DISSERTATION ON THE GIPSIES. Translated by M.
Rapier.

HOYLAND'S SURVEY OF THE GIPSIES.

TWISS'S TRAVELS IN SPAIN.

SWINBURNE'S TRAVELS IN ITALY.

DR C. D. CLARK'S TRAVELS IN RUSSIA.

CAPT. DAVID RICHARDSON. Referred to in the seventh volume of _Asiatic
Researches_.

SIR THOMAS BROWN'S VULGAR ERRORS.

While these are the leading authors, whose works are either composed in,
or translated into English, it may impress us with the importance by
which the Gipsies have been viewed, to know, that nearly 200 have written
about them in other languages.

ERRATA.

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31, 24, _For_ 'would be in a town,' _read_, 'would be in, in a town.'

55, 30, _For_ 'dispatching,' _read_, 'despatching.'

BAKER AND SON, PRINTERS, SOUTHAMPTON.

Footnotes:

{10} See a late account of this Colony in a subsequent page.

{11a} See Hoyland, pages 78, 79, and 80.

{11b} We should not forget that the grace of God can change their hearts
and morals. The facts contained in this book are very encouraging
examples of the power of divine grace upon the heart and character o