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Title: A Historical Survey of the Customs, Habits, & Present State of the Gypsies

Author: John Hoyland

Release Date: June 7, 2009 [eBook #29063]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)

***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A HISTORICAL SURVEY OF THE
CUSTOMS, HABITS, & PRESENT STATE OF THE GYPSIES***

Transcribed from the 1816 WM. Alexander edition by David Price, email
ccx074@pglaf.org. Many thanks to Kensington Library, London, for
allowing the use of their copy in cross-checking the transcription.

A
HISTORICAL SURVEY
OF THE
_CUSTOMS_, _HABITS_, & _PRESENT STATE_
OF
The Gypsies;
DESIGNED TO DEVELOPE
The Origin of this Singular People,
AND TO PROMOTE
_The Amelioration of their Condition_.

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BY JOHN HOYLAND,
_Author of an Epitome of the History of the World_, _&c._

[Picture: Decorative divider]

York:
PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR; AND SOLD BY
_WM. ALEXANDER_, _YORK_:

DARTON, HARVEY, & CO.; W. PHILLIPS; AND W. DARTON, JUN.
LONDON.

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1816.

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Entered at Stationers' Hall.

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_Printed by HARGROVE_, _GAWTHORP_, _& COBB_,
_Herald-Office_, _York_.

INTRODUCTION.

The author of the following Survey, has frequently had opportunity of
observing the very destitute and abject condition of the Gypsey race, in
the counties of Northampton, Bedford, and He