ION III.

_The Habits_, _Occupations_, _and Polity of the _page_ 37
Continental Gypsies_

SECTION IV.

_Political Regulations on the Continent respecting _page_ 61
Gypsies_

SECTION V.

_The Gypsies in Great Britain_ _page_ 75

SECTION VI.

_The present State of the Gypsies in Scotland_ _page_ 91

SECTION VII.

_On the Origin of the Gypsies_ _page_ 112

SECTION VIII.

_Comparative view of the Gypsey_, _Hindostanie_, _and _page_ 131
Turkish languages_

SECTION IX.

_Present State of the Gypsies in England_ _page_ 151

SECTION X.

_Present State of the Gypsies in and about London_ _page_ 175

SECTION XI.

_Sentiments of various persons on the moral condition of _page_ 191
the Gypsies_

SECTION XII.

_Review of the Subject_, _and Suggestions for _page_ 221
ameliorating the condition of the Gypsies in the British
Empire_

SECTION I.

Various appellations of them--Their arrival in Europe.

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The different appellations by which the People whom we denominate
Gypsies, have been distinguished, appear generally to have had reference
to the countries, from which it was supposed they had emigrated.

Grellmann states, that the French, having the first accounts of them from
Bohemia, gave them the name of _Bohemiens_, Bohemians. That the Dutch
apprehending they came from Egypt, called them _Heydens_, Heathens. In
Denmark, Sweden, and in some parts of Germany, Tartars were thought of.
The Moors and Arabians, perceiving the propensity the Gypsies had to
thieving, adopted the name _Charami_, Robbers, for them.

In Hungary, they were formerly called Pharaohites, (_Pharaoh Nepek_)
Pharaoh's people; and the vulgar in Transylvania continue that name for
them. The idea of the English appears to be similar, in denominating
them Gypsies, Egyptians; as is, that of the Portuguese and Spaniards, in
calling them _Gitanos_. But the name _Zigeuners_, obtained the most
extensive adoption, and apparently not without cause; for the word
_Zigeuner_, signifies to wand