she feared she never should be pardoned, or saved. When directed
to go to Jesus, she replied, she knew not how to go to him. In three
days they will leave us, and it will be a painful separation. It was
very gratifying to the author to see so many Gipsies attend the house of
God, and he frequently recollected with pleasure, that promise of holy
Scripture, _For as the rain cometh down_, _and the snow from heaven_,
_and returneth not thither_, _but watereth the earth_, _and maketh it
bring forth and bud_, _that it may give seed to the sower_, _and bread to
the eater_: _so shall my word be that goeth forth of my mouth_: _it shall
not return unto me void_, _but it shall accomplish that which I please_,
_and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I send it_. _For ye shall go
out with joy_, _and be led forth with peace_; _the mountains and the
hills shall break forth before you into singing_, _and all the trees of
the field shall clap their hands_. _Instead of the thorn shall come up
the __fur tree_, _and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle
tree_: _and it stall be to the Lord for a name_, _for an everlasting sign
that shall not be cut off_.

Six of the children are at an Infants' School at Southampton, and three
others attend a charity school; and another is learning to be a coach
wheelwright. This youth has behaved so well in his situation, that he
has been advanced by his master to a higher branch in the business. His
fellow-workmen, who at first disliked him for being a Gipsy, have
subscribed money to assist him in the purchase of additional tools, to
which the foreman added five shillings, and the master _one pound_. This
is a most encouraging circumstance.

The aged man who has been so many years reformed, is a basket maker. He
often visits his brethren in their tents, under the direction of the
Committee, to give advice and instruction. His sister, lately reclaimed,
takes care of the six Gipsy children, and is become very serious and
industrious; and though in the decline of life, she receives but one
shilling per week from the Committee. Two instances of the gratitude of
this woman ought not to be omitted.

The author's horse having strayed from the field, a sovereign was offered
to any one who would bring it back to him. Several persons sought for it
in vain. This old Gipsy woman was sent in quest of it, and in two days
returned with the horse. Of course she was offered the sovereign that
had