tribe he was looked up to with the greatest
respect and veneration. His remains were followed to the grave by his
widow, who is herself more than a hundred years old, and by many of his
children, grand-children, great grand-children, and other relatives; and
by several individuals of other tribes. At the funeral his widow tore
her hair, uttered the most frantic exclamations, and begged to be allowed
to throw herself on the coffin, that she might be buried with her
husband. The religion of the Redeemer would have taught her to say, _The
Lord gave_, _and the Lord hath taken away_; _blessed be the name of the
Lord_.

A woman of the name of B--- lived to the reputed age of a hundred and
twenty years, and up to that age was accustomed to sing her song very
gaily. Many events in the life of this woman were very remarkable. In
her youth she was a noted swindler. At one time she got a large sum of
money, and other valuable effects, from a lady; for which and other
offences, she was condemned to die. A petition was presented to George
the Third, to use the Gipsy's own expression, who told the author, _just
after he had set __up business_, that is, begun to reign, and he attended
to its prayer. The sentence was reversed, and her life was consequently
spared. But, poor woman, she repented not of her sins; for she taught
her daughter to commit the same crimes for which she had been condemned;
so that her delivery from condemnation led to no salutary reformation.

The mutual attachment which subsists between the nominal husband and
wife, is so truly sincere, that instances of infidelity, on either side,
occur but seldom. They are known strictly to avoid all conversation of
an unchaste kind in their camps, except among the most degraded of them;
and instances of young females having children, before they pledge
themselves to those they love, are rare. This purity of morals, among a
people living as they do, speaks much in their favour.

The anxiety of a Gipsy parent to preserve the purity of the morals of a
daughter, is strongly portrayed in the following fact. The author wished
to engage as a servant the daughter of a Gipsy who was desirous of
quitting her vagrant life; but her mother strongly objected for some
time; and when pressed for the reason of such objection, she named the
danger she would be in a town, far from a mother's eye. It would be well
if all others felt for their children as did this unlettered Gipsy.