tched
to the several districts, in consequence. They were prohibited from
dwelling in huts, or tents; from wandering up and down the country; from
dealing in horses; from eating animals which died naturally, and carrion;
and from electing their own Wayda or Judge. It was intended to extirpate
the very name and language of these folks out of the country. They were
no longer to be called Gypsies, but New Boors, _Uj Magyar_; not to
converse any longer with each other in their own language, but in that of
any of the countries in which they had chosen to reside.

"Some months were to be allowed, after which they were to quit their
Gypsey manner of life, and settle like the other inhabitants, in cities
and villages; to build decent houses and follow some reputable business.
They were to procure Boors' clothing; to commit themselves to the
protection of some territorial superior, and live regularly."

Nevertheless, though these regulations were calculated for the good of
these people, and the state, the greater part were not in the smallest
degree benefited by them. In the year 1773, these orders were not only
repeated, but made more rigid; and as even this measure would not answer
the end, it was then thought necessary to proceed to extremity with them.

Wherefore it was ordered, that no Gypsey should have permission to marry,
who could not prove himself in condition to support a wife and children;
that from such Gypsies who had families, the children should be taken
away by force; removed from their parents, relations, and intercourse
with the Gypsey race. A beginning was made in some places; and where
they would not comply voluntarily, they were compelled to submit to the
decree.

At Fahlendorf, in Schutt, and in the district of Presburgh, all the
children of the New Boors, _Gypsies_, above five years old, were carried
away in waggons, during the night of the 21st of December, 1773, by
overseers appointed for that purpose; to order that, at a distance from
their parents, or relations, they might be more usefully educated, and
become accustomed to work. Those Boors who were willing to receive and
bring up these children, were paid eighteen guilders yearly from
Government.

On the 24th of April, 1774, between five and six o'clock in the morning,
the children of the Gypsies which had been growing up from December of
the foregoing year, were again removed from Fahlendorf, in Schutt, and
Hideghid, for the purpose of b