X. PRESENT CONDITION AND NUMBER OF THE GIPSIES IN SCOTLAND (part 2 of 2)

X. PRESENT CONDITION AND NUMBER OF THE GIPSIES IN SCOTLAND (part 2 of 2)

AFRICANS. Comparison between Africans, in America, and Gipsies generally 50, 493 How they lost their language and superstitions in America 50 The prejudice against Africans in America 54, 441 AFRICAN GIPSIES 428, _n_429 AMERICAN GIPSIES. Many arrived during the Revolution, as impressed soldiers, and volunteers 345 English Gipsies married to native Americans 377 A Gitano has a cigar store in Virginia. Egyptians in Louisiana _n_389 See Disquisition on the Gipsies 418-425 Meeting between English and American Gipsies, in Maryland 430 The Zincali Society in the city of New York, _n_438--Address to the American Gipsies 440 There should be no prejudices against Gipsies in America 441, 524 AMERICAN INDIANS. Comparison between them and the Gipsies generally 53, 55, 446 AMERICAN READER, to the 6, 7, 440, 524, 525 AMUSEMENTS OF GIPSIES 124, 126, 179, 182, 224 ANTIQUARIES. Prejudices of, against the Gipsies _n_7 The profession of, 56, zeal in the calling of _n_57 ARABS. English Gipsies say they are a cross between Arabs and Egyptians 14, 467 How Arabs protect shipwrecked Christians _n_203 They strip people of their clothes in the desert 210 BAILLIES OF LAMINGTON. Their influence of great service to the Scottish Gipsies 121, 205, 213, 470 The connexion between them and the Gipsy tribe of Baillie 185 BAIRD, REV. JOHN. His report on the Gipsy mission to the Church of Scotland 64 His collection of Gipsy words, collated with those of the author 334 On the absence of slang in the Gipsy language _n_338 His plan for improving the Gipsies 368, _n_369 BATTLES, GIPSY. At Stirling, 147, Romanno, 188, Hawick, 190, Eskdale moor, 193, Dumblane 194 BIGGAR. The face of the country about Biggar 141 Gipsy turbulence in Biggar fair 196 BIRTH OF THE ORIGINAL KIND OF GIPSIES 356, _n_357 BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. The author's articles in, 8, 56, 64--Poetical notice of them 66 Hints at a philosophical account of the Gipsies 25 Extracts of Scottish public records, taken from 113 Unintentional attempt of a Gipsy to rob his own clergyman _n_124 Chase after John Young, a Gipsy, resembling a fox hunt _n_144 The unabashed hardihood of Gipsies under suspicion _n_155 Old Will of Phaup's five years' warfare with the Gipsies _n_179 Assault of the Gipsies on Pennicuik House _n_195 The slaughter of William Baillie, a Gipsy chief 206 How the Gipsies acquired a foothold in Yetholm _n_252 Will Faa's twenty-four children, and pompous christenings _n_252 The language spoken by the Gipsies in the Highlands _n_338 The Nuts or Bazegurs of India supposed to be the parent stock of the Gipsies 339 The purity of Gipsy blood, and child stealing--Mr. Borrow's "Gipsies in Spain" 375 The numberless descendants of Billy Marshall, a Gipsy chief _n_388 The Duchess of Gordon saves two Gipsies from the gallows 470 BLACKWOOD, WILLIAM. His four letters to the author 56 He originates the idea of a history of the Gipsies _n_59 Letter to him, describing the escapes and execution of Peter Young, a Gipsy 145 His contribution on the Gipsies in Tweed-dale 196, on the Border 251 BORDER GIPSIES. The district in which the Faas travelled 236 The tribes of Faa and Baillie in a state of hostility 236 Quarrel in an English Gipsy family, in America: "the Faas and Baillies over again" _n_237 Henry Faa sits at the tables of people in public office, and receives blackmail from men of considerable fortune 237 The mercantile house of Fall, of Dunbar, founded by Gipsies 237 Captain Fall a member of parliament--the family rule the political interests of Dunbar 237 Mrs. Fall works, in tapestry, a group of the founders of the family, with their asses, &c. 237 Anecdotes of the Falls with reference to their tribe and origin _n_238 The extensive nature of the Fall firm, and the cause of its ruin 233 Miss Fall marries Sir John Anstruther, of Elie, baronet 238 The rabble insult her at an election, in which Sir John is a candidate 239 The song of "Johnny Faa, the Gipsy Laddie" 239 The Earl of Cassilis the husband of her who absconded with the "Gipsy Laddie" 241 Adventure of a relative of Sir Walter Scott among the Gipsies 241 The original of Meg Merrilies, 242--The execution of her sons, 243--She is drowned by the rabble, at Carlisle, for being a jacobite 244 The grandfather of Sir Walter Scott is feasted by the Gipsies, on Charter-house moor 244 Contribution of Baillie Smith, of Kelso, to Hoyland's "Survey of the Gipsies" 245 Attachment of the Yetholm Gipsies to their mode of life, their independence, peculiar points of honour, honesty when trusted, the number of the tribe in the county, 245--Their employment given to hunting and fishing, 246--The nature of their leases, the late proprietor calls them his body-guard, his successor grants no more leases to the tribe, they stay at home during the winter months only, they seldom marry out of the tribe, 247--Their physical peculiarities, occasional migrations, burials, education, church attendance and baptism, 248--un- steadiness of disposition, they will pay their rents only when it suits themselves, 248--They resent an interference with the Debatable Lands, 249--Sir Walter Scott points out a Gipsy, 250--Will Faa, the Gipsy king, claims kin with the Messrs. Fall, merchants, of Dunbar, Will's death and burial, 251-- Report on the Gipsies by the sheriffs _n_251 Contribution from Mr. Blackwood, towards a history of the Gipsies 251 Yetholm first occupied by the Faas and the Youngs, tradition of their first settlement, _n_252--Will Faa and the Falls of Dunbar, Will thrice married, his twenty-four children, and pompous christenings, has charge of Marlfield house, the sheriff becomes his security, his corpse escorted by 300 asses, 252--His son and successor, his brother a lieutenant in the East India Company's service, Gipsy fights, recovery of a stolen mare, quarrels among the tribe, 253--The Walker family, and civilized Gipsies about Yetholm, Gipsy connexions, education, no female Gipsy educated, the colony free of imputed crime for fifty years 254 The author's visit to Yetholm--Handling the cudgel 254 A smuggling adventure of Will Faa--His appearance--A lament on his death 255 His relations in New York--A great many of the tribe scattered over the world _n_255 BORROW, GEORGE. His publications on the Gipsies, since this work was written 6, 64 In error on the subject of Gipsies stealing children _n_9, _n_342 On the Gipsy language, 23, _n_281, _n_298, _n_338, _n_431--On Timour overrunning India 38 In error in saying that the Gipsies obtained the name of Egyptians from others 39 Description of English Gipsies, and the English dialect spoken by them _n_93 Spanish Gipsy counts, _n_107, 397, _n_468--Act of Charles II. against Spaniards, for protecting the Gipsies _n_114 Gipsies poison swine, and eat their flesh _n_186 English Gipsy surnames--Travelling Gipsies have two names _n_219 Chastity among young Spanish Gipsy females, _n_257--Spanish Gipsy marriage ceremony _n_262 The character of Spanish Gipsy women _n_285 On the Law of Charles III., ameliorating the condition of the Spanish Gipsies _n_313, 392 Song of a female Gipsy, at Moscow, _n_317--On the Sclavonic in the Gipsy language _n_338 He meets with a rich Gipsy in Spain, _n_347--How Gipsies resist cold weather _n_354 Meeting between a French and Spanish Gipsy, in the heat of a battle _n_360 On the education of the Spanish Gipsies _n_365 Religion among the Moscow Gipsies--He preaches to the tribe in Spain _n_366 A half-blood Spanish Gipsy captain, 372, _n_373, 377--Civilized Gipsies in Moscow 374, 399, _n_408 Shuffling of the Gipsies regarding marriage with ordinary natives _n_375 Characters in Lavengro and the Romany Rye _n_375, 508, _n_509 The Spanish Gipsies generally; See Disquisition on the Gipsies 385-397 The natural capacity of Gipsies--different classes in Spain, Turkey, and Russia 398 No washing will turn the Gipsy white, 413--Moorish Gipsies in Africa 428 He is taken for a Gipsy in Spain, 397, and at Moscow 430 On the grammatical peculiarities of the Gipsy language _n_431 On the hatred entertained by the Gipsies for other people _n_433 On Gipsy ingratitude--lawlessness in Spain 435 Mr. Borrow as an authority on the Gipsies 448, 450, 523 On the Russian Gipsies owning flocks and herds 466 Description of a superior Spanish Gipsy, in 1584 _n_468 BRIGHT, DR. (TRAVELS IN HUNGARY.) The phenomenon of the existence of the Gipsies 7 The existence of the Gipsy language little short of the miraculous 24 He hopes to see a satisfactory account of the Gipsies 25 Description of Gipsy life in England 30 Description of Gipsy dwellings, and their locations, in Hungary _n_141 Spanish Gipsy marriage ceremony, _n_261--Spanish Gipsy widows _n_274 The difficulties in acquiring the Gipsy language _n_281 He suggests that the Gipsy language should be collated with vulgar Hindostanee 330 An Hungarian nobleman's opinion on the civilization of the Gipsies 367 BRUCE, JAMES, (TRAVELS IN AFRICA.) Account of the Arabs protecting shipwrecked Christians _n_203 Method of selling cargoes, at Jedda, to the Turks _n_312 His discoveries discredited 537 BUNSEN, CHEVALIER, ON SOUND JUDGMENT AND SHALLOW MINDS _n_518 BUNYAN, JOHN. He alludes to Gipsy women stealing children, _n_80--He is bred to the business of a brazier _n_206 His family history illustrated by the author's visit to a Gipsy, met with at St. Boswell's 309 His wife before Judge Hale, _n_313, 517--His description of his early habits, or "youthful vanities" _n_402 His nationality, and that of his tribe; See Disquisition on the Gipsies. 507-523 The name of Bunyan calculated to raise up that of the Gipsies 530 He is still unacknowledged, though his fame will be as lasting as the pyramids 535 Some people imagine it would degrade Bunyan, to say he was a Gipsy 536 BURNS, ROBERT. His "Jolly Beggars;" "My bonny lass, I work in brass" _n_346 He alludes to the Falls, of Dunbar, in his tour _n_406 CANADA. A Scottish Gipsy family in, 18--Gipsies in 424 A criticism on this work, while in prospect, by a Scotch editor in 537 CAPPADOCE FAMILY, VICISSITUDES IN THE RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF THE 497 CARLYLE, DR. ALEXANDER. Execution of Jock Johnstone, _n_201--Jenny Fall, afterwards Lady Anstruther _n_239 CASSILIS, THE COUNTESS OF. Elopes with John Faa, a Gipsy chief, 108--The song of "Johnny Faa, the Gipsy Laddie," composed thereon 239 CASTE. In India, 28--In Great Britain, 52, 54, 440, 443, 516, 522--In America 54, 441, 525 CHAMBERS' GAZETTEER. Description of Yetholm, _n_141--Gipsy scenes at St. Boswell's fair _n_353 CHAMBERS' JOURNAL--On the disappearance of the Gipsies _n_449 CHAMBERS' MISCELLANY--An account of Peter Young, a Gipsy _n_146 CHILD STEALING BY THE GIPSIES 9, 45, _n_80, 342, 375 CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. Mission among the Scottish Gipsies 6, 55, 64, _n_369 A Gipsy one of the committee of the missionary society 6 Gipsies clergymen in the Scottish Church 6, 412 Mission of enquiry to the Jews; the Gipsies of Wallachia _n_73 CHURCH, THE. Religious journals decline entertaining the question, "Was John Bunyan a Gipsy?", 522, 525--The Church should do its duty to the Gipsy race generally 440, 443, 533, 535, 536 CLARKE, DR., (TRAVELS IN RUSSIA, &c.) Characters or the Gipsies in Wallachia, 74--Gipsy dances in Moscow 180 COLLIERS, GIPSY--In the Lothians, _n_111--In the English mines 401 COLLIERS, SCOTCH, SLAVES _n_111, _n_121, 506 CONSTABLES. A Gipsy constable murdered, another hanged, and a third banished 215-218 Gipsies formerly employed as county constables--Their peculiarities 343 Gipsy constables at the present day 348 A mixed Gipsy makes a good constable and thief-catcher _n_348 CONTINENTAL GIPSIES. The times at which the tribe appeared in the different countries in Europe 69 The appellations given to them, in various countries 69 Notice of the Gipsies, as they appeared at Paris, in 1427 70 Their original country unknown--At first, they receive passports as pilgrims 70 Persecutions in Spain, France, and Italy, in Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Germany 71 A general extermination never took place 72 Theft and robbery, and "sorning," or masterful begging, the causes of these persecutions 72 The habits of the Gipsies everywhere the same, 72--They have no religion peculiar to themselves 73 The condition and classes of the Gipsies in the Danubian Principalities 73 Allusion to these Gipsies, in a mission of enquiry to the Jews, in 1839 _n_73 Remarks on the slavery of these Gipsies--Gipsies as spies, in the late Russian war _n_74 The Gipsies in the Turkish empire, in Italy, Poland, Lithuania, Germany, and France 75 Remarks on Grellmann's alleged disappearance of the Gipsies from France _n_76 The Gipsies in Spain, according to Dr. Bright 76 The Gipsies of Syria, the Crimea, Persia, and India 77 The population of the Gipsies in Europe, and the world generally 77 The imposing titles and equipage of the leaders of the Gipsies, on their arrival in Europe 77 The nature and form of government among the Continental Gipsies 78 An account of German Gipsy bands, translated by Sir Walter Scott, for Blackwood's Magazine 78 Baron Trenck, in his wanderings, falls in with a German Gipsy band 86 The Gipsies of the Pyrenees--Their resemblance to the inferior class of Scottish Gipsies 86 COOKING AMONG THE GIPSIES 88, 187, 232 COUNTERFEITING AMONG THE GIPSIES 174, 204 CRABB, REV. JAMES. The Gipsies, as they become civilized, avoid the barbarous part of the tribe _n_283 The Hindostanee and the Gipsy languages, _n_334--His plan for improving the Gipsies 368 CRITICS. A word or two to--A criticism on this work, while in prospect, by a Scotch editor in Canada 537 DANCING AMONG THE GIPSIES 179, 180, 182 DEAD, THE BURIAL OF THE, AMONG THE GIPSIES _n_128 DISGUISES OF THE GIPSIES 129, 150, 162, 169, 177, 213, 222, 320, _n_323, 349, 355 DISQUISITION ON THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF GIPSYDOM. Points omitted by the author--The philosophy of the Gipsy subject 371 Gipsydom a terra incognita--Its origin, language, and habits strange to other people 371 Natural perpetuation of the tribe--Mixed Gipsies hold by the connexion 372 The prejudice of caste--A half-blood Spanish Gipsy captain 372 An iron-master marries a Cinderella, 373--Civilized Gipsies in Moscow, and Scotland 374 The Gipsies mix their blood--No full-blood Gipsies in Scotland 374 The Edinburgh Review and Blackwood's Magazine on the purity of Gipsy blood 374 How Gipsies shuffle on the point--The case of Ursula, in the Romany Rye _n_375 The physical peculiarities of mixed Gipsies 375, and other mixed races 376 Appearance of the half-blood captain--The Gipsies partial to fair hair 377 Mixed Gipsies common everywhere--Grellmann on the colour of Gipsies _n_377 American mixed Gipsies, 377--The Gipsies receive males rather than females into their tribe 378 How female Gipsies "manage" natives, when they marry them 378 How Gipsies are brought up to adhere to their race 379 Remarks of Mr. George Offor on young female Gipsies generally _n_380 Little difference if the father is a native--Town Gipsies visit the tent in their youth _n_380 Fair-haired Gipsies, 381--They are superior to the others--the two kinds will readily marry _n_382 The peculiarities of black and fair Gipsies--The pons assinorum of the Gipsy question 383 The destiny of European-like Gipsies, and of the tribe generally 383 The philosophy of the mixture of Gipsy blood--The issue always Gipsy 384 Mr. Borrow on the Spanish Gipsies generally. If no laws are passed against them 385 Their social position, intermarriages, the law of Charles III. on the prejudice against the tribe 386 Gipsyism like Freemasonry, _n_387--Mrs. Fall's ancestral group of Gipsies 387 A Scotchman on the destiny of the Gipsies, 387--Nothing interferes with the question of tribe 388 Scottish literati on the destiny of the Gipsies--A cloud of ignorance protects the tribe _n_388 The Gipsies "declining," according to Mr. Borrow, 388--His singular inconsistencies 389 Change in the habits of Gitanos--They are to be found in Cuba, Mexico, and the United States 389 Mr. Borrow leaves the question of the Spanish Gipsies where he found it 390 The Gipsies "decreasing," by changing their habits, and intermarriages 390 Gipsies ashamed of the name before the world--Two kinds of Gipsies in Badajoz 391 The law of Charles III., 392--Its real meaning--Causes of Spanish Gipsy civilization 393 The law of Charles III. little more than nominal, 394--The Church did not annoy the Gitanos 395 Mr. Borrow's Spanish Gipsy authorities--The tribe the same in Spain as in Great Britain 395 "Strangers" among English Gipsies, "foreign tinkers" among those in Spain 396 Mixed Gipsies in Spain--Persecutions against the Spanish and Scottish Gipsies 397 The tinkers and Rothwelsh in the Austrian dominions 397 The natural capacity of Gipsies--Opinions of Grellmann, Bischoff, Borrow 398 Various classes of Gipsies, according to Mr. Borrow, Spanish, Turkish, and Russian 399 The original Scottish Gipsies, how they encreased, mixed their blood, and spread 399 Their internal polity and numbers, style of life, 400--How English Gipsies leave the tent 401 The natural vicissitudes of an English Gipsy, after leaving the tent 401 Gipsy ambition, 401--John Bunyan's early habits as described by himself _n_402 The character of Scottish Gipsies, and their opinion of themselves and tribe 402 Phases of history through which the Scottish Gipsies have passed 402 The vicissitudes in the history of a respectable Scottish Gipsy family, settling in a town 404 Gipsies among the best Edinburgh families--An eminent Scottish Gipsy clergyman 405 The Falls, of Dunbar, Gipsies--Burns visits them, _n_406, they are noticed in the Statistical Account of Scotland _n_406 They divulge their tribe, over their cups--Will Faa their relative--The Scottish Gipsies claim them 406 Their ancestors Gipsy kings--The Gipsy language in the family 407 Miss Fall, afterwards Lady Anstruther, her feelings--The other connexions of the Falls 408 Mr. Borrow's visit to, and description of, the Gipsies of Moscow _n_408 The Gipsies proud of their ancestors, though thieves and robbers 409 Border and Highland thieves and robbers, 409--Sir Walter Scott's ancestors _n_410 Gipsy and Highland thieving--The McGregors and the Gipsies 411 Fitz-James' address to Roderick Dhu, in the "Lady of the Lake" _n_411 A Gipsy is a Gipsy, whether barbarous, civilized, educated, or Christianized 412 Pritchard on the Hungarian race, past and present 413 Civilized Scottish Gipsies--What they say of themselves 414 The Gipsies should be judged by a standard different from that applicable to ordinary natives 414 The circumstances attending a wild Gipsy make him only half responsible 414 The race, in its development, should be more leniently treated than others 415 The antiquity of the Gipsies, they are probably the descendants of the shepherd kings 415 The confession of the Scotch clergyman unintelligible, unless fully explained 415 What might be expected of the Gipsy tribe, the Scottish Gipsies especially 415 Population of the Scottish Gipsies, and the British Gipsies generally 416 The Gipsies are afraid of strange Gipsies, when at home--A French and German Gipsy in New York _n_416 Scottish vagabonds, noticed by Fletcher of Saltoun, in 1680, were doubtless Gipsies _n_417 Scottish Gipsy encrease, since 1506, Sir Walter Scott's opinion on the destiny and number of the Scottish Gipsies, letter of James IV. to the king of Denmark in favour of Anthonius Gawino, Gipsy trials, Gipsies banished and hanged, the descendants of the Gipsies "prodigiously numerous" _n_418 America, Gipsies banished to, 418--A Gipsy colony in New England--Colonial Gipsies would not likely take to the tent--Their occupations 419 European Gipsies in America, 420--Arrival and modes of life of English Gipsies 421 Fortune-tellers: their mode of travelling, tricks, captures, and escapes 422 The Slave States naturally suitable to the Gipsies--Travelling Gipsies in Canada 424 Scottish Gipsies in the United States and Canada--Gipsies everywhere 424 Resemblance between the formation of Gipsydom and that of the United States 425 The peculiar feelings of Gipsies--Highland and Lowland feuds--Gipsy resentment 425 The prejudice against the Gipsies compels them to hide their nationality 426 What is it that frightens the educated Gipsies? The word Gipsy 426 In what other than a hidden state could we expect to find the Gipsies? 427 The difficulty in discovering who are, and who are not, Gipsies, at the present day 428 Gipsy blood changed into almost pure black, in Africa, as well as white, in Europe 428 Gipsies found near the sources of the Senegal and Gambia _n_429 The universality of the Gipsies--Meeting between English and American Gipsies 430 Language of the Gipsies in England and Scotland--Rivalry in its pronunciation 431 The construction of German and Spanish Gipsy, 431--The purity of Hungarian Gipsy _n_432 Respectable Scottish Gipsies, and the Gipsy language: "Are ye a' Tinklers?" 432 The Gipsy language in America--In Spain _n_432 The number of words sufficient for every-day use in any language _n_432 The Gipsy language in Great Britain mixed, but still serves the purposes of a speech 432 The Scottish Gipsies the last to forget the language--The causes of its perpetuation 433 Hatred of the Gipsies for other people--Mr. Borrow on that hatred _n_433 The treatment of the Gipsies made them worse than they might have been 434 Gipsy gratitude, 434--Gipsy law--Borrow and Grellmann on Gipsy ingratitude 435 Unreasonableness of expecting much gratitude from Gipsies 435 Gratitude among mankind generally--The nature of benefits conferred on Gipsies 435 Means of improving the Gipsies--The feeling between them and the ordinary natives 436 The name of Gipsy should be raised up, and the tribe respected according to merit 437 Respectable Scottish Gipsies are Scotch people, and should come forward, and own themselves up 437 The Zincali society in the city of New York _n_438 An appeal to the Scottish Gipsies, 438, and to those in America 440 The prejudices of British people against Gipsies, 440, and Americans against Negroes 441 What is to be the future of the Gipsy race?--Gipsydom immortal 441 The introduction of the Gipsies to the society of mankind, 442--The hereditary prejudice of centuries 443 Missions among heathen and Jews, 443--The Gipsies should, at least, be countenanced 444 The Gipsies are Gipsies everywhere, and under all circumstances 444 The way in which the Gipsies should be received into the society of other people 445 The Gipsies are a people that exist, and not such as disappear, like the American Indians 446 The popular idea of Gipsies and Jews--Gipsies that preach the gospel, and argue the law 447 Erroneous ideas of writers generally as to the Gipsies--Mr. Borrow 448 The Gipsies a question of people--Billy Marshall and his descendants 448 No distinction has been made between race and habits, 448--Chambers' Journal _n_449 The Gipsies compared to a clan, in the olden time--The McGregor clan 449 English, American, and Gipsy races mixed, 450--Mixed races illustrated by individual families, 451 The mixture of Gipsy blood always leaves the issue Gipsy--Jewish Gipsies possible 451 How the subject of the Gipsies has hitherto been treated--It is necessary to sound the mind of the Gipsy 452 The life of a superior Gipsy compared to a continual conspiracy against society 453 The position occupied by the popular kind of Gipsy--His ideas on the persecutions of his race 453 The condition from which all Gipsies have sprung--Popular prejudices and ideas 454 The introduction of German blood into Great Britain and America 454 How the Gipsies have encreased and spread--Native blood has been lost among them 455 The introduction of Huguenot blood into Great Britain and America 455 The Gipsies have hitherto been "strangers in the land," unacknowledged by others 456 The principles of Gipsy nationality--Gipsies like Free-masons 456 Gipsydom is not a creed, but a work stamped by Providence on the heart of the tribe 457 Blood, language, a cast of mind, and signs specially constitute the Gipsy nationality 457 The possession of a special religion not necessary to constitute a people distinct from others 457 The same principle illustrated in races, clans, families, or individuals, living in the same community 458 The existence of the Gipsies is natural, it resembles that of the Jews; neither is miraculous 458 Philosophical historians on the existence of the Jews since the dispersion 458 By what human means can Jews cease to be Jews, individually or nationally? 459 A writer on the Christian Evidences, in describing the existence of the Jews, gambles away revelation 459 His language on the subject of the Jews very applicable to the existence of the Gipsies 459 No outward difference between many Gipsy and native Scotch 460 How Scottish Gipsies deport themselves on meeting--Civilised and bush Gipsies 460 The general difference between Gipsy and native Scotch people 461 A mixed Gipsy has sometimes "various bloods" to contend for 461 What Scottish Gipsies think of their ancestors and language 462 The Scottish Gipsies, as they acquire education, become superior in character 462 The children of civilised and barbarous Gipsies compared 463 The singular position of the Gipsies, from generation to generation, and century to century 464 How the gulf between the Gipsies and the native race is to be bridged 465 The Gipsies, on their arrival in Europe, were barbarous, like other races 465 A superior Scottish Gipsy in 1540, and 1840 466 The Gipsies never were a nomadic race, in the ordinary sense of the word 466 General description of the occupations and characters of the original Gipsies 467 The superior characters of the early Scottish Gipsy chiefs--Their treatment by the natives 467 The character of a superior Spanish Gipsy, in 1584, _n_468 Mixture of "the blood" on arrival, 468--Intermarriages under certain circumstances 469 The plans of the Gipsies to secure their position in the country--Illegitimate children 469 The attachment of Jewesses and Gipsies to their respective races 470 The protection of the Baillies, of Lamington, to the Gipsies of that name 470 Two Gipsies pardoned through the intercession of the Duchess of Gordon 470 Scotland became the home of the tribe, as much as that of the ordinary natives 471 Effects of the mixture of Gipsy blood--Intermarriages among natives of different ranks 472 The census need not be consulted for the number of the Gipsy population 472 How the Jewish race is perpetuated--Their religion of secondary importance 473 Christian Jews--Their feelings of nationality--No prejudices against them, or civilized Gipsies 474 The rearing of Gipsies and Jews, in what respect they resemble each other 475 The Gipsies stand towards religions, as Christianity does towards races 475 The purity of Jewish blood a figment, 475--What may be termed a "pure Jew" 477 The relative positions of Jews and Gipsies: Gipsies troublesome, but not scoffers at religion 477 The want of a religion among the Gipsies--Their feelings in regard thereto 478 The ways of Scottish Gipsies and Highland Scotch 478 Scottish Gipsies are British subjects--Their romantic descent 479 Tacitus' account of the destruction of the Druids, in the island of Anglesey _n_479 The weak position of the Gipsies--Jewish and Gipsy literature 480 The being a Gipsy, as distinguished from objectionable habits, immaterial to the world 481 The probable result of the word Gipsy being as much respected as it is now despised 481 The Gipsies originally a wandering, tented tribe, with habits peculiar to itself 481 The difficulties in the way of the tribe becoming settled and civilized 482 The manner in which the Gipsies gradually acquire honest habits 482 Public sympathy for the Gipsies, in preference to the Jews 483 No prejudice should be entertained for well-behaved Gipsies 484 The Jews are disliked, and are, to a certain extent, strangers everywhere 484 They are rebels against Heaven--"Which of the prophets have they not persecuted?" 484 The interest of the Christian in their history--Their crucifixion of the Messiah--How they treat his mission 485 Their antagonistic position towards every people and religion, 486--Their personal characters 487 The destruction of Jerusalem confirmed the Jews in the idea that theirs was a scattered people 487 The existence of the Jews, since the dispersion, not in itself wonderful 488 The Jew's nationality is everywhere--His aversion to forsake his own race or community 488 The Jews are a race--A Christian Jewish church possible--Its position and aspects 488 The present position of Christian Jews, 488--The relation of a Christian Jewish Church to the Mosaic law 489 The scriptural idea of a Messiah--Christian Jews incog.--The conversion of Jews generally 489 It is no elevated regard for Moses that prevents Jews entertaining the claims of Jesus Christ 490 But rather the phenomena connected with the history of their race 490 The Jews exist under a spell--The prophecy of Moses regarding the Gipsies _n_491 The Jews are not apt to notice the present work _n_491 The population of the Gipsies scattered over the world 491 How the laws passed against the Gipsies were generally rendered nugatory 492 Grellmann's estimate--The probable number of Gipsies in Europe and America 493 The population of the Jews scattered over the world _n_493 Christians delude the Jews in regard to the existence of their race being a miracle 493 The Jew's idea of the existence of his race is the greatest bar to his conversion to Christianity 494 The "mixed multitude" of the Exodus was doubtless the origin of the Gipsies 494 The meaning of Gamaliel's advice--St. Paul before the Jewish council _n_494 The history of the Gipsies and the Jews greatly illustrate each other 496 The distinction between an Englishman and an English Jew 496 Persecutions of races generally--How to prevent a Gipsy being a Gipsy 496 Tacitus on the religion of slaves _n_496 Birth and rearing constitute Jews, Gipsies, and Gentiles 497 Christian Jews persecuted by their own race--The Disraeli and Cappadoce families 497 Christianity was not intended, nor is it capable, to destroy the nationality of Jews 498 The Jew may be crossed out by intermarriage--The Gipsy absorbs other races 498 Gipsies and Jews have each a peculiarly original and distinct soul of nationality 499 Each race maintains its identity in the world, and may be said to be even eternal 499 Comparison and contrast between Gipsies and Jews 499 The existence of the Jews, like that of the Gipsies, rests upon a question of people 501 The religion or the Jews, 501--Their idea of a Messiah 502 Difference between Judaism and Christianity 502 The position of Jews towards Christianity and other religions 502 The persecutions of Jews and Gipsies--The extent of a Gipsy's wants 502 The Jews show little regard for their religion, when tolerated and well treated 503 The prejudice against Jews--Their ideas of their race, as distinguished from others 503 The treatment of Christians by Jews 504 What has the Jew got to say to this subject generally? 504 The philosophy of the Gipsies--Popular ideas in regard to them--A mental phenomenon 505 A regard to facts--The Gipsy language--Two races living on the same soil 506 The Gipsies hide their race--The kind of them that should be despised 506 John Bunyan a Gipsy, whose blood was mixed 507 All the Gipsies tinkers, either literally, figuratively, or representatively 507 Lord Macaulay on Bunyan: "the tinkers a hereditary caste" 507 In what respect are the tinkers a native "hereditary caste?" 507 Characters in Mr. Borrow's Lavengro and Romany Rye--English Gipsies 508, _n_509 Prejudice against Gipsies--The legal responsibility--the Act of Queen Elizabeth 510 Bunyan's tribe--His great desire to ascertain whether he was an Israelite 510 A Gipsy family (809-818) that illustrates that of Bunyan 511 The reason why Bunyan imagined he was a Jew 511 The Jews not then tolerated in England--The curiosity of the Gipsies regarding the Jews 511 Southey on tinkering and Bunyan's education--Bunyan had doubtless a Gipsy pass 512 The Dublin University Magazine on Bunyan's nationality 512 The philosophy of race, and the prejudice of caste against the Gipsies 513 Justice Keeling threatens to have Bunyan hanged for preaching _n_513 Bunyan a Gipsy beyond question--Lord Macaulay on the Pilgrim's Progress 514 Religious writers averse to it being said that Bunyan was a Gipsy 514 Sir Walter Scott and Mr. George Offor on Bunyan's tribe or nationality 515 Bunyan's nationality unacknowledged, owing to popular ignorance and prejudice 515 Southey on Bunyan's family and fame--The popularity of the Pilgrim's Progress 516 Bunyan's reserve--His friends and enemies--He cannot get justice done to him 517 Bunyan and the Gipsy language--He was perhaps capable of writing in it 517 The prejudice of the present day--Bunsen on sound judgment and shallow minds _n_518 The world should feel relieved by it being shown that Bunyan was a Gipsy 518 Bunyan's pedigree--He had very probably no English blood in his veins 518 The world claims Bunyan as a man; England, the formation of his character 519 Bunyan's biographers unjust to his memory--His general as well as moral character 519 Though pious and peaceable, he yet repelled slanders with indignation 520 The style of Bunyan's language indicates the Gipsy in some degree 520 The indignities cast upon Bunyan--The way in which he treated them 521 Remarks upon Bunyan's enemies, who professed themselves to be servants of Christ _n_521 The prejudice of caste in Great Britain exists against the Gipsies exclusively 521 The day is gone by when it cannot be said who John Bunyan was 523 Scantiness of information in Mr. Borrow's works on the subject of the Gipsies 523 American people are not expected to indulge in the popular prejudice against the Gipsies 524 American religious journals decline to entertain the question: "Was John Bunyan a Gipsy?" 525 The peculiarities of Scottish people unfavourable to the Gipsies owning themselves up in Scotland 525 The nature of Scottish quarrelsomeness, 526--The classes favourable and unfavourable to the Gipsies 527 A "model Scot," after his kind, 528--No one in particular to blame for the position occupied by the Gipsies 529 The Gipsy subject interesting, and not necessarily low or vulgar, though more or less barbarous 529 The wild Gipsies should be reached indirectly--Their high opinion of themselves 529 John Bunyan's celebrity--His name of great use in raising up that of the Gipsies 530 A little judgment is necessary in dealing with wild or any kind of Gipsies 530 The peculiar sensations felt in coming in contact with wild Gipsies 531 Gipsies are Gipsies to the last drop of the original blood 532 The history of the Gipsies a singular work of Providence 532 It would have been a miracle had the Jews been lost among mankind 533 What a miracle is--The existence of the Jews is in exact harmony with every natural law 533 A prophecy of Moses regarding a people who are to provoke and anger the Jews 533 A thousand years hence the Gipsies will be found existing in the world 534 A word or two to the Gipsies, and especially the Scottish Gipsies 534 A word or two to the Church, and people generally: "Was John Bunyan a Gipsy?" 535 The reason why we know so little about the Gipsies 536 A word or two to some of the critics 537 A criticism on the present work, while in prospect 537 DISRAELI, the present, a Jew, though a Christian 497 DIVORCE CEREMONIES OF THE GIPSIES, AND SACRIFICE OF HORSES. The Gipsies not licentious in their personal morals--They are strict with their wives, in the matter of chastity 266 Divorces among the Gipsies are attended with much grief and mourning 267 Natural that the Gipsies should have as singular a form of divorce as that of marriage 267 The nature of sacrifices--Their universality among mankind 267 Why was the Gipsy sacrifice of the horse not known in Scotland before? 267 The Gipsies have a great affection for the horse--They will not eat of that animal _n_268 Writers have made no discovery, among the Gipsies, of a religious nature 268 The Gipsy sacrifice of the horse a proof that the people come from Hindostan 268 The idea of Gipsies being Tartars strengthened by their sacrifice of the horse 269 Other nations who have sacrificed horses--The Jews in the time of Josiah _n_269 Popular tradition, among the natives, that Gipsies separated over dead horses 270 Instances accidentally and partially noticed by the natives 270 "Patricos" performed ceremonies over dead horses, in England, prior to 1674 271 Preliminary remarks on the sacrifice of horses--"The sun must be at its height" 271 A description of the ceremony of sacrifice and divorce 272 The horse considered in the place of the woman, 272--Sometimes both are sacrificed 273 The woman dismissed, with a bill of divorce--The husband and his friends then eat the heart of the horse 274 The husband may marry again, but the wife never 274 Her fate, if she loses her bill of divorce, or passes herself off as never having been married 274 Spanish Gipsy widows, according to Dr. Bright _n_274 A Gipsy, in a passion, shoots his horse, and performs the ceremony of divorce, forthwith 274 The sacrifice of the horse observed by the Gipsies in Russia 275 They do it in the woods, under night, for fear of the police 275 The Gipsies, of Yetholm, knock down their asses, when they separate from their wives 276 The sacrifice of the horse in ancient India, known as the Assummeed Jugg 276 The explanation of the mystic meaning contained in that sacrifice 277 The very acme and enthusiasm of allegory in an Asiatic genius 279 The ancient Hindoo sacrifice of the horse and the scape-goat of the Jews compared 279 The Gipsy and ancient Hindoo sacrifice of the horse compared 279 Both offered to the sun--Travelling Gipsies change their names at noon 280 Robert Southey and Colonel Tod on the sacrifice of the horse in India 280 The sacrifice of the horse by the Gipsies, a proof that the people came from India 280 DRESS OF THE GIPSIES 43, 77, 79, 108, 116, 129, 145, 149, 154, 157, 162, 171, 177, 182, 186, 197, 202, 209, 213, 214 DRUIDS, destruction of the, in the Island of Anglesey _n_479 DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. The number of words sufficient for every-day use, in any language _n_432 Bunyan's nationality: "Was John Bunyan a Gipsy?" 512 EDINBURGH REVIEW, The, on the purity of Gipsy blood--Mr. Borrow's "Gipsies in Spain" 374 EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION. The discovery and history of barbarous races illustrate the history of man, and natural and revealed religion 27 Barbarism within, and barbarism without, the circle of civilization 27 The Gipsies an anomaly in the history of civilization, and merit great consideration 27 European civilization progressive, and homogeneous in its nature 28 Asiatic civilization stationary and, in some countries, divided into castes 28 The nature of caste in India 28 The natives of certain parts of Oceanic Asia 29 The condition of the most original kind of Gipsies, in Great Britain--Their secrecy 29 Description of Gipsy life in England, by Dr. Bright 30 The first appearance of the Gipsies in Europe--Attempts at elucidating their history 31 The political state of Europe at the beginning of the fifteenth century 31 The great schism in the church--Three Popes reigning at one time 32 The educational end social condition of Europe about that time 33 The manner in which the Gipsies stole into Europe 35 The influx of the Greeks into Europe--The literary pursuits of the age, 37--English travellers 38 The Gipsies not Sudras--Timour--The Gipsies at Samarcand previous to his invasion of India 39 The Gipsies did not obtain the name of Egyptians from others, as Mr. Borrow supposes 39 The Gipsies are not the Egyptians mentioned by the Prophet Ezekiel 40 What misleads writers in their ideas that the Gipsies are not Egyptians 41 The relative position borne by the early Gipsies to the various classes of society 41 The travelling Gipsies much fallen below those of the olden times 43 The dread always entertained for the tribe, 44--Fire-raising and child-stealing 45 The Gipsies frighten children, 46--And act as police, or scare- crows, for farmers 47 The ferocity of Gipsy women, 47--Sir Walter Scott's recollections of the original of Meg Merrilies 48 The intercourse between the tribe and the farmers, in pastoral districts 48 The timidity of the Gipsies, when accosted under certain circumstances 49 Comparison between Africans, in America, and the Gipsy race generally 50 Some of the causes of the isolation of the Gipsies from the rest of the world 51 The history of the Gipsies somewhat illustrated by that of the American Indians 53 The prejudice against Africans and Gipsies contrasted 54 EDITOR'S PREFACE. When this work should have been published--It has been brought down to the present time 5 Inducements to hazard a publication of it at one time 5 Sir Walter Scott's judicious advice regarding the publication of the work 5 The abuse of reviewers and the ire of wandering Egyptians deprecated 5 Mr. Borrow's publications since this work was written 6 Scottish Church Gipsy mission--Scottish Gipsy clergyman of eminence 6 The Gipsies have encreased since the peace of 1815, but have retired from observation 6 The reason for this work being published in America--Popular prejudice against the Gipsies 6 Scottish antiquaries--Their apathy and contempt for the subject of the Gipsies _n_7 The present work illustrates the Gipsies everywhere--The subject hardly known to the world 7 Tinkler the name generally applied to the Scottish Gipsies--tinker a Gipsy word _n_7 The subject interesting--Observation necessary to solve the problem 8 Professor Wilson travels with the Gipsies--The author's associations with them 8 The nomadic Gipsies only a part of the race, 8--The blood of the tribe much mixed--Causes thereof 8 Persecutions--Children stolen and incorporated with the tribe--Mr. Borrow's remarks thereon _n_9 Prejudices against the Gipsies--Their love of race and language 10 The primitive state of the tribe--Causes and manner of leaving the tent 10 Associations after leaving the tent, and feelings towards the community 11 Their resentment of the popular prejudice--Their boast of ancestry 11 Ideas and feelings of the natives, 12--The Gipsy's love of language--His associations 13 Speculations on the origin of the Gipsies, 13--They are the "mixed multitude" of the Exodus 14 Mode of escape from Egypt, 17--Entrance into India, and formation of their character as s people 21 Their present language acquired in India--Mr. Borrow's remarks on its antiquity 23 The philosophy of the preservation of the Gipsy language in Europe till now 23 Sir Walter Scott's intended account of the Gipsies--The difficulty as to their language 25 He urges the publication of the present work--Its character as a history of the tribe 25 It is a contribution towards the filling up of a void in literature 25 EDUCATION AMONG THE GIPSIES 65, 125, 248, 254, 303, 364, 369 EGYPT. The Gipsies originated in, 14, 39--They are the "mixed multitude" of the Exodus 14, 494 ENGLISH GIPSIES. Their arrival about the year 1512--A description of them in a work, published in 1612 90 Act of 22d Henry VIII.--Burnet's allusion to English Gipsies, in 1549, 91 Act of 27th Henry VIII.--A fine of forty pounds for every Gipsy imported 91 Act of Queen Elizabeth--Felony for strangers to associate with the Gipsies 92 Last of the executions under Charles II.--The Gipsies still liable under the Vagrant Act 92 Number of Gipsies in England during the time of Queen Elizabeth 92 Estimate of their present number, by Mr. Hoyland, and a member of parliament 92 Author's remarks, and editor's comments thereon _n_93 Mr. Borrow's description of the English Gipsies, and the English dialect spoken by them _n_93 English Gipsies travel in Scotland--A description of a camp of them 93 Adventure of a Scotchman among the Gipsies in England 95 Crime among the English Gipsies--Report on the prisons in Northumberland 96 Sketch of an English Gipsy family arriving in Scotland, by Sir Walter Scott 96 EXECUTIONS AMONG THE GIPSIES 85, 119, 133, 143, 201, 513 FALLS, Merchants, of Dunbar, Gipsies 108, 237-241, 251, 252, 406 Will Faa, the Gipsy king, claims them as his relatives _n_238, 251 FARMERS. Their property protected by the Gipsies 47, 363, 434 How they sometimes treat the Gipsies 48, 55, 56, 187, _n_179, 220, 221, 226, 242, 361 FIFE AND STIRLINGSHIRE GIPSIES. The county of Fife contained, at one time, a great many nomadic Gipsies 140 The tribe, at one time, possessed a foundry near St. Andrews, called "Little Carron" 140 Lochgellie Gipsies more particularly described 140 Description of Lochgellie and other places, illustrative of Gipsy quarters, in olden times 140 Description of Falkland "scrapies" _n_140 Principal names of Lochgellie Gipsies and their connexions 141 The tribe feared all over the shires of Fife, Kinross, Perth, Angus, and Aberdeen 141 Old Charles Graham--"The auld thing again, my lord, but nae proof" 142 His wife banished to Botany Bay--Marries a Gipsy there, and returns rich 142 Young Charles Graham apprehended--His irritation at the crowd staring at him--He steals a farmer's horse, sells it, steals it again, and returns it to the original owner, 142--Robs a factor, and gives the money to a needy widow--He is apparently penitent at the gallows, 143--But kicks off his shoes, and addresses the people 144 Hugh Graham stabbed by John Young, who is hunted like a fox, before he is apprehended 145 Jenny Graham leaves her protector, to follow the gang, and take care of its stolen articles 145 Margaret Graham, a woman of uncommon bodily strength 145 John Young, who stabbed Hugh Graham, although five feet ten inches in height, is called by his mother, "The dwarf o' a' my bairns" 145 Peter Young, a generous man--He breaks out of many prisons before he is hanged 145 Old John Young, on being asked where his sons were, replied, "They are all hanged" 145 Charles Brown, killed in a Gipsy battle at Raploch, near Stirling 147 Alexander Brown steals and carries off an ox in disguise 148 Billy Marshall robs the Laird of Bargally, and saves an innocent man from the gallows _n_148 He is nearly frightened out of his wits, under very ludicrous circumstances _n_148 Alexander Brown's capture and audacious escape--His style when in full dress, 149--His disguise as a mounted man of quality, 150--His capture by Highlanders, and desperate resistance, and execution 151 Martha, mother of Alexander Brown, steals sheets while attending his execution 152 William Brown is run down by the military--His threatened rescue by the tribe--He sets fire to the jail, but is put in irons by a soldier--His execution 152 Lizzie Brown, in a Gipsy fray--"In the middle o' the meantime, where's my nose?" 153 The connexions of the Gipsies, and the ramifications of their society 153 Charles Stewart--His royal blood, style of dress, and audacity of conduct 153 Grellmann's description of the attire of a Gipsy _n_154 The unabashed hardihood of Gipsies in the face of suspicion _n_155 Jamie Robertson, a great musician--He resents an imagined affront to an absent friend 155 His wife sentenced to Botany Bay, but, owing to her advanced age, set at liberty 156 Joyce Robertson's daring robbery while in prison--His deliberate escape--He steals a watch, and has the crowd at his heels 156 Charles Wilson, very respectable in his appearance and character, as a horse-dealer, 157--Received and vended stolen goods through the country--Was chief of his tribe, and, as such, issued passes, 158--He returns money stolen from a young countryman--Becomes reduced to poverty in his old age, and dies in full communion with the church 161 Charles Wilson's daughters--One of them kept by an Adjutant--Their disguises and pilferings--The Brae Laird of Kinross-shire 162 Stirlingshire Gipsies contributed their full share to the gallows 163 The Gipsies a predatory tribe originally--Two kinds of them at the present day 164 Other people robbers besides the Gipsies--Spartans, Abyssinians, Moors, East Indians, Coords, Kamtschadales, Scotch _n_164 Training of the Gipsies to theft by the women, 167--A Gipsy picks a countryman's pocket with great dexterity 168 Thieves formed into bands--Modes of operation, and division of the spoil 169 Vidocq on the pilfering habits of the Continental Gipsies _n_169 Male Gipsies cut purses with palms, the females with rings 170 Mode of thieving among the Gipsies in Hungary 171 A magistrate, in the West of Fife, locks up the Gipsies during the fair 171 Stylish habits of the Gipsies at the inn or the North Queensferry 171 Fashionable cavalcade of female Gipsies departing from the ferry 173 Intimacy between the boatmen and their friends--"The lads that take the purses" 173 Trick of a gillie of a Gipsy horse-dealer, played upon an Highlander 173 Counterfeiting--An audacious Gipsy counterfeiter 174 The Gipsies not murderers--They are accurate in their journeys and halting places 175 Pursuit, capture, escape, and recapture of a Gipsy murderer 176 Indecent trick of a Gipsy woman to obtain clothes from the natives 177 A handsomely dressed female Gipsy, from gratitude, saves a native from destruction 177 Old Will of Phaup's five years' war with the Gipsies _n_179 Gipsy Dances--Charles Stewart, 179--George Drummond--Gipsy dance at Moscow 180 Afghan dance _n_181--George Drummond a singular Gipsy 181 James Robertson, his wife, and sisters dance like bacchanalians 182 Occupations, amusements, cock-fighting, dress, and generous habits of the Gipsies 182 The Gipsies sometimes attend church, and baptize their own children 183 Their disputes with clergymen on points of morals--Government-- division of property 183 A landed gentleman went off with the Gipsies, 183--His daughters common Gipsies 184 FIGHTING AMONG THE GIPSIES--(See also Battles.) 125, 144, 188, _n_193, _n_195, 206, 215, 253 FLETCHER OF SALTOUN on Scottish vagabonds, in 1680 _n_111, _n_417 FORTUNE-TELLING. Fortune-telling women frighten the natives of the other sex 47 See Tweed-dale Gipsies 228-231 Fortune-telling in America--See Disquisition on the Gipsies 422 FREEMASONRY AND THE GIPSIES 12, _n_360, _n_387, 456 GENTOO CODE OF LAWS IN ANCIENT INDIA. Division of plunder among thieves 165 The elder married before the younger, 259--Sacrifice of the horse, 268--The scape-goat among the Jews 279 GERMANS, how they become lost in the population of Great Britain and America 454 GERMANY, Gipsy bands in 79 GITANO, modification of the term _n_115 GORDON, THE DUCHESS OF, saves two Gipsies from the gallows 470 GOVERNMENT AMONG THE GIPSIES 78, _n_103, 183, 187, 216, 253, _n_256, 422 GRATITUDE OF THE GIPSIES FOR OTHER PEOPLE 68, 130, 138, 155, 164, 177, 187, 198, 211, 222, 225, 241, 360, 434, 483 GRELLMANN. Children frightened by the Gipsies _n_46, 75 On the destiny of the French Gipsies 76, 492 He divides the Gipsies in Transylvania into four classes, 74--The population of the Gipsies 77, 493 Gipsy government, 78--Attire, _n_154--Plundering, 171--Fighting _n_193 Gipsies under and after punishment _n_204 The habit of Gipsy women after childbirth _n_227 Gipsy working in iron--Gipsy smiths in Hungary _n_234 The Gipsies will eat of any animal but a horse _n_268 The secrecy of the Gipsies in the matter of their language _n_281 The Gipsy language unintelligible to the common natives _n_298 On the education of Hungarian Gipsies _n_303 The origin of the idea that the Gipsies came from India 329 On the variations in the Gipsy language in different countries _n_339 How the Gipsies resist the extremes of the weather _n_354 The circumstances under which Gipsy women are confined _n_357 The physical properties of the Gipsy race _n_358 Gipsies as soldiers, _n_359--As spies _n_360 The religion of the Gipsies, _n_366--Their civilization _n_367 On the colour and appearance of Gipsies who change their habits _n_377 The natural capacity of Gipsies, 398--Gipsy ingratitude 435 Gipsies "always merry and blithe" 483 HALE, SIR MATTHEW. His touching interview with Bunyan's wife _n_313 He mentions the execution of thirteen Gipsies, at the Suffolk assizes _n_513 HATRED OF THE GIPSIES FOR OTHER PEOPLE 63, 130, 164, 177 See Disquisition 433-436 HEBER, BISHOP, notices the Gipsies in India, Persia, Russia, and England. 77 HINDOSTAN, the Gipsies supposed to originate in 18, 38, 40, 65, 268, 280, 329, 339 HOGG, JAMES. Motto--Title page. He notices a Gipsy scuffle and murder in Blackwood's Magazine 216 He says that Lochmaben is "stocked" with Gipsies _n_381 HOYLAND, JOHN. The religious character of the Gipsies 73 The capacity of the early Gipsies, _n_99--English Gipsy surnames _n_219 Baillie Smith, of Kelso--Report on the Yetholm Gipsies 245 The difficulty in Gipsies acquiring settled habits _n_368 Mr. George Offor says he was led captive by a Gipsy girl _n_380 HUGUENOTS introduced into England and America 455 HUME, BARON. Scots acts of 1608, and 1609, against the Gipsies 111 Executions among the Gipsies, under these sanguinary laws 117, _n_418 Trial of two Gipsies, in 1786, 189--Baillie, in 1714, 204--And Pinkerton, in 1726 207 He would make the black eyes evidence against the Gipsies 341 HUNGARIANS, past and present, 413--They know nothing of their origin 495 HURD, DR. The appearance of the Gipsies when they first arrived in Paris 70 The Gipsies called spies of the Turks _n_72 Marriage customs among the Russians, and Christians of Mesopotamia and Chaldea _n_262 IMPROVEMENT OF THE GIPSIES 364, 367, 415, 436, 440, 443, 445, 529, 534 INTRODUCTION. Attention directed towards the Gipsies by the publication of Guy Mannering 55 The classes interested--A mission founded by the Scottish Church among the Gipsies 55 Articles sent to Blackwood's Magazine--Letters from Mr. Blackwood 56 Article by Sir Walter Scott on the Buckhaven fishermen--The zeal of an antiquary _n_57 Letters from Sir Walter Scott, and William Laidlaw 58-61 The Scottish Gipsies a branch of the same tribe to be found in every country 61 Comparisons between the Gipsies and Jews--The Jews' letters to Voltaire 61 Discontinuation of articles in Blackwood's Magazine--The author's authorities 64 The difficulties in the way of a research into the subject of the Gipsies 65 A "Blowing up" from a Gipsy chief 65 Notice from Professor Wilson, in Blackwood's Magazine, and Sir Walter Scott, in Quentin Durward 66 INVERKEITHING, GIPSY SCENES AT 284, 288, 292, 293, 298, 302, 304, 326, 328, 348, 353, 355 IRISH GIPSIES IN SCOTLAND 6, 98, 324-329, 356, 493 JEWS, THE. The Gipsies the "mixed multitude" that left Egypt with the Jews 14, 494 Circumstances under which the Jews left Egypt 14-21 They were separated from the Egyptians by the prejudice of caste 15 They termed Jesus Christ "Beelzebub"--the prince of devils 16 Their reception of Christ as the Messiah 16 Their condition while in Egypt 17 Their contemptuous description of the "mixed multitude" that followed them 19 Their circumstances after leaving Egypt, 20--The destiny that awaited them 21 Comparisons between the Jews and the Gipsies 55, 61, 62 Letters of the Jews to Voltaire--The universality and differences in the Jews _n_61 They change their names in various countries _n_117 The elder sister married before the younger, 259--Jewish marriages 260 When they blow rams' horns in September, they imagine they drive away the devil _n_265 They dedicated horses to the sun, in the time of Josiah _n_269 Hindoo sacrifice of the horse and the scape-goat in Leviticus compared 279 The language of the Jews during the seventy years' captivity _n_318 The Gipsies dislike the Jews, _n_358, 459--Jews during time of war _n_360 Neglect of women among Jews--A Jew's morning prayer _n_365 Jews and Gipsies compared in a sermon by Mr. Borrow _n_366 They marry among themselves, like the Gipsies 369 The money that is squandered on the conversion of Jews 443 The subject of the Jews more or less familiar to people from infancy 447 The Gipsies, without any necessary outward peculiarities, have yet a nationality, like the Jews 447, 457 The mixture of Gipsy and Jewish blood--A Jewish Gipsy possible 451 In what respect the existence of the Gipsies differs from that of the Jews 458 Philosophical historians on the existence of the Jews since the dispersion 458 No analogy between the Jews and any other people but the Gipsies 459 A Christian writer on the existence of the Jews since the dispersion 459 His description thereof, though erroneous, very applicable to the Gipsies 460 The attachment of Jewesses and Gipsies to their respective races 470 How the Jewish race is perpetuated--Religion of secondary importance 473 Jewish Christians--Their feelings of nationality, and social position 474 The rearing of Gipsies resembles that of Jews--The purity of Jewish blood a figment 475 Half-blood Jews sometimes follow the synagogue, and sometimes the Christian church 476 Many Jews who are not known to the world as such 477 Jewish physiognomy--What may be termed a "pure Jew" 477 The relative position of Jews and Gipsies 477-480 The Jews have a church, a history, and a literature 480 Public sympathy for the Gipsies, in preference to the Jews 483 The philosophy of the existence of the Jews since the dispersion See Disquisition on the Gipsies 484-505 John Bunyan asked himself whether he was of the Israelites 511 The Jews readmitted into England, under Cromwell--Manasseh Ben Israel 511 The natural curiosity of the Gipsies regarding the Jews 511 The Gipsies have existed, in Europe, a greater length of time than the Jews dwelt in Egypt 532 It would have been a miracle had the Jews been lost among mankind 533 A prophecy of Moses regarding a people who are to provoke and anger the Jews _n_491, 533 LAIDLAW, WILLIAM. His letter to the author, 58--A Gipsy "blowing up," alluded to by him 65, 309 LANGUAGE OF THE GIPSIES. The love of Gipsies for their language, 10, 13--They keep it a profound secret 12, 13, 25 It is for the most part Hindostanee--Mr. Borrow's remarks on its antiquity 23 The philosophy of the preservation of the Gipsy language 24, 406, 433 The Scottish Gipsies very reserved and tenacious in the matter of their language 281 Its existence, but as slang, scarcely credited by people of the greatest intelligence 281 Grellmann, Bright, and Borrow on the difficulties in acquiring the Gipsy language _n_281 The Gipsies have excellent memories, but shuffle when bored by people of whom they expect money _n_282 The causes of the reserve among the Scottish Gipsies: 1st. The sanguinary laws. 2d. The popular prejudice. 3d. Their natural secrecy 282 A Scottish Gipsy works all his life in a shop, and no one discovers him to be a Gipsy 283 Two Gipsy women nearly killed by colliers, for not explaining the meaning of two Gipsy words 283 As the Gipsies become civilized, they avoid intercourse with the barbarous part of the race _n_283 The Scottish peasantry, in some places, do not greatly despise the Gipsies _n_284 The use of the Gipsy language in markets--The pride of the people as linguists 284 Seven years' trouble in getting a Gipsy woman to own up to her language 284 She is afraid the public would treat her with horror and contempt, for knowing the language 285 The character of Spanish Gipsy women, according to Mr. Borrow _n_285 A Gipsy woman maintains she was speaking Latin, when discovered conversing in Gipsy 285 The general difficulties in the way of acquiring the Gipsy language 286 The way in which the author learned what he knew of the Gipsy language 286 How the use of Gipsy affected the tribe--Ludicrous scenes 287 How old Gipsy women were affected--"You are no gentleman, sir, otherwise you would not insult us in that way" 288 A woman, in a dreadful passion, threatens the author with apprehension, as the head of a band of thieves, for asking her, if her chavo (son) was a chor (thief) 288 A female Gipsy "blabs" with the author, but expresses great surprise, when addressed in Gipsy, before a third party 288 These people afraid of the sanguinary laws passed against the tribe 290 Sir Walter Scott's advice in prosecuting an enquiry into the Gipsy language 291 The Scottish Gipsies a branch of the tribe to be found everywhere 291 A Gipsy as distinguished from his language--The race comes before the speech _n_292 An old woman and her two daughters--"No harm in the least, sir, in speaking the Gipsy language" specimens 292 Two girls, of the name of Jamieson--"You gentlemen understand all languages now-a-days" specimens 292 Four or five children--"You are a Gipsy, yourself, sir, or you never could have got these words" specimens 293 Ruthven addresses her child in Gipsy--"I know that the public are trying to find out the secrets of the Gipsies, but it is in vain" 293 The threats of the tribe against those teaching the language to "strangers" _n_294 A female Gipsy, with three or four children, begging--"Curse you, take the road"--"Mother, mother, come away"--An innkeeper anxious to learn the words that dismiss importunate beggars 294 Young Andrew Steedman, of Lochgellie, communicative--Old Andrew shakes and trembles in his stable--"Rob that person" specimens 295 The woman who baffled the author for seven years--"It is in our hearts, and as long as a single Tinkler exists, it will be remembered" specimens 296 A women and four children--"You know quite well what he says"--"I am sure he is a tramper, and can speak as good cant as any of us" specimens 298 A brother and a cousin of the Jamieson girls--"So I saw, for he understood what I said"--"To show you I am no impostor, I will give you the names of everything in your house"--"My speech is not the cant of packmen, nor the slang of common thieves" 301 Gipsy-hunting like deer-stalking--Modern Gipsy-hunting 302 Jamieson returns--"I have been bred in that line all my life"-- "You are welcome to as many as you please"--"We can converse and have a word for everything in our speech"--He sings a song in English, and turns it into Gipsy--"Had I, at first, been aware you did not know my speech, I would not have given you a word of it" specimens 304 The songs composed by the Gipsies illustrate their plunderings, robberies and sufferings, and quarrels among themselves 306 The Gipsies very fond of the Border marauding songs--"Hughie the Græme," as a specimen 308 Sophia Scott, afterwards Mrs. Lockhart, sings "Hughie the Græme" to the author, at Abbotsford _n_308 Sir Walter Scott interested in the Gipsies--He is afraid they might injure his plantations _n_309 The author visits St. Boswell's fair, and becomes acquainted with a Gipsy family there 309 He introduces himself by saying who his ancestors were--"God bless you! Ay, those days are gone; Christian charity has now left the land" 309 The head of the family a very superior man; merry and jocular, like many of his race 309 Their language--"The Tinklers have no language of their own, except a few cant words" 310 The author addresses them in Gipsy--"Preserve me, he kens a' about us!" 310 He enumerates their clan--"Say not another word, but call at ----" 310 The surprise among the natives--"Yon was queer looking wark wi' the Tinklers" 310 An innkeeper ashamed, or afraid, of a customer that is a gentleman 311 A little factory of horn-spoons--"No such language exists, except a few cant words" 311 Gipsy obstinacy--The word "Gipsy" a terror to the tribe--The Gipsy forfeits his promise 311 Laughter from another apartment--The Gipsy starts to his feet, and takes hold of the author--"Farewell, I will know you when I see you again" 311 Revisit to the factory of horn-spoons--The Gipsy ashamed to give his language 312 A promise or secrecy--The Gipsy cheerful, he hesitates, but at last fulfills his oath specimens 312 Circumstances illustrative of the history of the family of John Bunyan _n_313 The Gipsies a tribe of Ethiopian thieves and robbers, 315--The pronunciation of their speech--It is copious, but not written-- "So long as there exist two Gipsies in Scotland, it will never be lost" 316 Gipsy horse-dealers--"Several thousand in Scotland acquainted with the Gipsy tongue" 316 The children of Gipsies instructed in Gipsy, from their infancy--Their pride in their language 316 The character of an intelligent Gipsy chief 316 The Gipsy sings a song in Gipsy--The Gipsies have doubtless an oral literature _n_317 A great alarm in the family, 317--"Give to the world what had been theirs for 350 years" 318 Smith on the language of the Jews during the captivity--How the Gipsy tribe will relish the present work _n_318 A tinker at Grangemouth--"Yes, the dog is not bad"--"What do you mean? I don't understand you--Yes, the dog is hairy" 319 Thimbling Gipsies--"Chee, chee," (hold your tongue)--"But, sir, what was that you said to them, for they seem afraid?" 319 The author taken for a Thimbler--"I tell ye, woman, the man you spoke to was nothing but one of these villains" _n_321 A Thimbler's sign--"Where can you find a shop without a sign? and where's the other person that gets a sign from the public for nothing?" _n_321 Thimblers' traps, 321--A victim drowns himself 322 Thimblers' conversation--"Bloody swells"--"I will require three men to take care of that boat" 323 Is that man a Gipsy?--"Ask himself, sir" 323 An old thimbling Gipsy attempts to inveigle some youths on Arthur's Seat--"Wasn't he a slippery old serpent, after all?" _n_323 The science of thimbling, _n_324--Thimble-riggers, and their ancestry--Ancient Egyptian thimbling _n_325 English, Scottish, and Irish Gipsies speak the same language, and assist each other, when they meet 324 An Irish Gipsy family--An ass bearing a "bundle of bones"-- "Good-day, sir, God bless you" 326 Two Irish Gipsies in court--"Three days, and be banished the town" 326 A Gipsy wife a go-between--"The scoundrel shall lie in prison till the last hour of his sentence" 327 An escape, and a "banishing the town," 327--"A fight for the sake of friendship" specimens 328 A horde of Irish Gipsies--The town-clerk ashamed of his company 328 A Gipsy quizzes his friend--"You will put me out, by speaking to me in that language" specimens 329 Irish Gipsies in Scotland--Their number, appearance, and occupations 329 The origin of the idea that the Gipsies came from India 329 Scottish Gipsy words collated with vulgar Hindostanee 330 John Lobbs, a low caste native of Bombay, examined specimens 330 Rev. Mr. Crabb's annual Gipsy festival--The Hindostanee and Gipsy languages _n_334 Gipsy words sent to Sir Walter Scott, collated with the Rev. Mr. Baird's collection 334 Scottish Gipsy words that bear a relation to Sanscrit 336 A comparison between Gipsy and various oriental languages 337 The language of the Gipsies mixed--How it has got corrupted 338 Rev. Mr. Baird's remarks thereon--The language of the Gipsies in the Scottish Highlands _n_338 The Sclavonic in the Gipsy language--Variations in the Gipsy of different countries _n_338 The Gipsies supposed to originate in India--The tribe originally thieves and robbers 339 The Nuts, or Bazegurs, supposed to be the parent stock of the Gipsies 339 See Disquisition on the Gipsies 431-433 LINLITHGOWSHIRE GIPSIES. The Gipsies of this county more daring than the other bands in Scotland 123 They take up their quarters near the Bridge of Linlithgow 123 Their sagacity--The district populous--Much business passes through it 124 The names of the tribe--They have no connection with native vagrants 124 Their occupations--Horses, music, feasting, and dancing 124 The Gipsies very civil and honest with their neighbours, but plunder others at a distance 124 A Gipsy unintentionally attempts to rob his own clergyman _n_124 The tribe form strong attachments to individuals of the community 125 Terrific fighting among themselves, on dividing their spoil 125 Their children attend school--None dare taunt them, or their parents, though thieves and robbers 125 The magistrates of Linlithgow dare not interfere with the tribe 126 They play with them at golf, and admit them to social meetings and dinner parties 126 The authorities being passive, the Gipsies plunder at pleasure 127 The chief of the tribe taken off, when attempting highway robbery 127 His funeral attended by the magistrates, and other people of respectability 128 The Gipsy mode of burying the dead 128 The deceased chieftain succeeded by his son, who exceeds him in audacity and daring 129 The band very numerous, having lieutenants, like a military company 129 Appearance, acquirements, and habits of the new chieftain, and his brother-in-law 129 By means of trained horses, the chief plays many tricks 129 Description of his wife, and for what she was greatly respected 130, 137 The Gipsies protect their friends, but vindictively torment their enemies 130 Peculiarities of the Gipsies in the matter of robbing people-- Gipsy passports 131 The chief and his brother-in-law condemned to be hung 133 Threatened rescue by the tribe--Precautions taken, 133--Execution of the criminals 135 The chief's wife before, and after, the execution--Touching and terrible scenes 135, 136 Attempted resuscitation of the bodies--They are interred in the church-yard of Linlithgow 137 They are torn up by the populace, and buried in a moor, in the neighbourhood 137 The chief divorced from his first wife, over a horse, sacrificed for the occasion 137 Her character, and that of her successor, who continues her old practices 137 She returns to a friend a purse, stolen by the tribe in a fair 138 Her two nephews pursued, tried, and executed for robbing the mail 139 Sizes of these two Gipsies--Mixed Gipsies a strong race of men _n_139 LOCHGELLIE once the headquarters of Gipsies, 140--Description of the neighbourhood, 141--Scenes among the Lochgellie Gipsies 159, 167, 295 LOCHMABEN is said, by James Hogg, to be stocked with Gipsies _n_381 MACAULAY, LORD. John Bunyan's tribe and nationality, 507, 516--The Pilgrim's Progress 514 McLAURIN'S CRIMINAL TRIALS. He speaks of John Faw, "Earl of Little Egypt," as "this peer" 107 On the trial of William Baillie, in 1714, 204--On the mercy shown to James Baillie 213 MARRIAGE CEREMONIES OF THE GIPSIES. The Gipsies all marry young--Few or no illegitimate children among them 257 A Gipsy stabs another, for seducing his sister, who is afterwards married to him 257 The virtue of young Spanish Gipsy females--They are dressed in a kind of drapery _n_257 Gipsy courtships--The younger sister not married before the elder 258 The Gipsy multiplication table--The Gipsies obey one of the divine laws at least _n_258 A parallel between the ancient Hindoos and the Jews during the time of Laban 259 The nuptial ceremony of the Gipsies of great antiquity, and one the longest to be observed 259 Marriage customs generally--Those of the Gipsies should be made public 260 Sir Walter Scott not squeamish about delicacies, when knowledge is to be acquired 260 The ideas of prudes and snobs on this chapter _n_260 The Scottish Gipsy marriage ceremony described 260-263 The Spanish Gipsy marriage ceremony, according to Bright, _n_261--and Borrow _n_262 Singular marriage customs among other tribes--"Hand-fasting" among Scottish Highland chiefs _n_262 Recent instances of Scottish Gipsy marriages, 263--A Gipsy on the Presbyterian form of marriage _n_264 Description of Peter Robertson, a famous celebrator of Gipsy marriages 264 In his will, he gives away, during his life, more than a county, but reserves to himself a "pendicle," and the town of Dunfermline 265 Remarks on rams and rams' horns _n_265 The Gipsy priest given to good ale, and chastising his tribe without mercy 266 MILLER, HUGH, on the slavery of Scotch colliers and salters _n_121 MINSTRELSY OF THE SCOTTISH BORDER. The Scott clan agree to give up all friendship with common thieves, &c. 113 Song of "Johnny Faa, the Gipsy Laddie,"[331] 289--Of "Hughie the Græme" 307 MIRACLES. There is no miracle in the existence of the Jews since the dispersion 458, 459, 494, 533 They are to be found in the Old and New Testaments only 494 They are things that are contrary to natural laws 533 It would have been a miracle had the Jews been lost among mankind 533 MIXTURE OF GIPSY BLOOD 9, _n_80, _n_92, 341, 342, 374, 377-379, 399, 468 MIXED GIPSIES, PECULIARITIES OF 10, _n_195, 372, 373, 375, 377, 381-385, 391, 395, 397, 403, 412, 414, 427, 451, 455, 460-462, 470, 472, 498, 499, 508, _n_509, 532 MOSES. His difficulties in inducing the Jews to undertake the Exodus 16 The difference between his rank and that of Jesus Christ 16, 486 The character of Moses, 18--His troubles after leaving Egypt 20 How he apparently got rid of the "mixed multitude" that followed him 20 OCCUPATIONS OF THE GIPSIES GENERALLY 124, 182, 215, 225, 226, 228, 234, 246, 347, 353, 401, 467 OFFOR, GEORGE, (Editor of Bunyan's works). He avoids the Gipsies--His advice to the editor--He says Mr. Hoyland was led captive by a Gipsy girl _n_380 What he says about John Bunyan 515 OWEN, JOHN, how he respected and appreciated John Bunyan 521 PARK, MUNGO, Marriage customs among the natives of Africa _n_260 PASSES. The system of Passes among the Gipsies 218 The use of passes granted to the friends of the Gipsies among the community 130, 131, 158, 159, 199 PENNECUIK, DR. ALEXANDER. He alludes to the Gipsies in his poems and history of Tweed-dale 185 He gives a description of a Gipsy battle, at Romanno 188 He erects a dove-cot on the spot, to commemorate the battle 189 PHILOLOGISTS AND THE GIPSY LANGUAGE 25, 56, 60, 291, 337, 338 PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, THE. What Lord Macaulay says of it, 514--What Bunyan himself wrote of it 517 PONS ASSINORUM, THE, OF THE GIPSY QUESTION _n_383 POPULATION OF THE GIPSIES 61, 77, 93, 297, 316, 367, 416, 493 PRESENT CONDITION AND NUMBER OF THE GIPSIES IN SCOTLAND. Every author represents the Gipsies as all remarkably dark in their appearance 341 The Scottish Gipsies of all colours--Fair-haired Gipsies in Finland and Arabia 341 Children stolen and incorporated with the tribe--How its appearance has been changed 342 Peculiarity of mixing "the blood" with native, in England _n_342 Gipsies formerly employed in Scotland as constables, peace- officers, and "country-keepers" 343 The peculiarities of the tribe in such capacities--They make matters a great deal worse 344 Impressments during the American and French wars greatly break up the Gipsy bands 344 The tribe desert the ranks on landing in America _n_345 The Gipsies prefer self-mutilation to impressment 345 Sir Walter Scott meets a Prussian Gipsy soldier, a sentinel in Paris _n_346 The Gipsies accept the bounty and desert--Burns' "Jolly Beggars:" "My bonny lass, I work in brass." _n_346 The Gipsies are now crockery-dealers, horse-dealers, and innkeepers; coopers, shoemakers, plumbers, and masons; tinsmiths, braziers, cutlers, bell-hangers, umbrella-menders, and chimney- sweeps, 347--constables in large and small towns, female servants, lady's maids and housekeepers; ginger-bread dealers, crockery, japan, and white-iron hawkers, &c., 348 English Gipsy constables--A Scottish clergyman married to a Gipsy _n_348 A travelling Gipsy jeweller, disguised as a sailor, offers for sale "a valuable gold watch, that cost him not less than ten francs."--"Do not attempt to cheat us in this manner"--The "sailor" makes his exit dancing, and twirling his bludgeon, in the manner of his tribe 348 Thimble-riggers, tinkers, dealers in horn spoons--"Did you ever make horn spoons?" 350 Popular ideas of Gipsies, and their numbers--Sir Walter Scott's opinion 350 "Tinklers and vagabonds," since the peace of 1815 350 The Gipsies at St. Boswell's, 352--An Asiatic camp to be seen after the fair 353 Description of the tinkering Gipsies, at present in Scotland 353 The hardy constitution of the Gipsy race in resisting the elements _n_354 Itinerant Gipsies--difficulty in pleasing them with hot rolls-- Gipsy beggars in towns 355 Travelling singing Gipsy impostors, 355--Gipsy mock country labourers 356 Irish Gipsies in Scotland--A Gipsy woman gives birth to a child in the open fields 356 Irish Gipsies in England--They are disliked by their English and Scottish brethren _n_357 Irish Gipsy mechanics in Edinburgh, England, and the Untied States 358 Infanticide among the Gipsies--The tribe physically, _n_358-- Female Gipsy recklessness _n_359 The Gipsies charged with cowardice--The Scottish Gipsies make excellent soldiers 359 The Gipsies employed by European governments, as soldiers, _n_359,--and spies _n_360 An interesting meeting between a French and Spanish Gipsy, in the heat of a battle _n_360 Supposed danger from Gipsies in time of war equally applicable to Jews and Freemasons _n_360 Scottish Gipsies distinguished for gratitude, in return for civility and kindness 360 "Terrible," a Gipsy chief, offers to sell his all, to get a farmer out of prison 361 Terrible's opinion of "writers" and lairds, but especially of the writers 362 The feelings of the Gipsies in regard to the prejudice that exists against them _n_362 Terrible's character--His mother a witch--He believed she could have set the farmer free 363 The character of Gipsy chiefs generally--Education among the Scottish Gipsies 364 How a Gipsy child became "spoiled," 364--Education among the Spanish Gipsies, _n_365--Female Gipsies _n_365 Neglect of females among the Jews--A Jew's morning prayer _n_365 Religion among the Scottish Gipsies, 365--Their general political sentiments 366 Grellmann on the religion of the Gipsies--Mr. Borrow preaches to them in Spain _n_366 The number of the Gipsies in Scotland--Gipsies in all the towns, and many of the villages 367 Few Gipsies now hanged--Their present punishment--They cannot fail to encrease _n_367 The civilization and improvement of the Gipsies--An Hungarian nobleman's opinion 367 The restless nature of the Gipsies--How it is manifested _n_368 The language of the Gipsies should be published, and the tribe encouraged to speak it openly 369 The plan of the Rev. Mr. Crabb, _n_368, and the Rev. Mr. Baird for the civilization of the Gipsies _n_369 The difficulty in distinguishing some of the tribe from common natives _n_369 The Gipsies marry among themselves, like the Jews, and "stick to each other." 369 PRINCIPAL GIPSY FAMILIES IN SCOTLAND. Faw 101, _n_103, 106, 107, 108, _n_113, 118, 121, 188, 236, 250, 252, 255, 406 Baillie 101, _n_103, 118, 119, 120, 121, 185, 186, 188, 196, 197, 202-208, 212, 213, 215, 219, 236, 411 PRITCHARD on the Hungarian race, past and present 413 PROPHECIES. "Scattering of the Egyptians," Ezek. xxix. 12-14, and xxx. 10, 23 and 26 40 "A people that are to provoke and anger the Jews," Deut. xxxii. 21, and Rom. x. 19 _n_491, 533 PYRENEES, The Gipsies of the, resemble the inferior class of Scottish Gipsies 86 QUAKERS. Gipsy-Quakers, or Quaker-Gipsies _n_380 The result of their society being dissolved 448 The nature of the perpetuation of their existence 494 QUEENSFERRY, NORTH. Stylish habits of Gipsy plunderers at the inn at 171 Fashionable cavalcade of female Gipsies departing from 173 The boatmen and their friends--"the lads that take the purses" 173 Gipsy scenes at 288, 294 QUEENSFERRY, SOUTH. Adventure of a Gipsy with an ox at 148 Gipsy scenes at 356 RELIGION AMONG THE GIPSIES 52, 73, _n_74, 87, _n_89, 161, 183, 226, 248, 365, _n_366, 475, 477, 478, 502 ROME, THE CHURCH OF. The seventy years schism--Three Popes anathematizing each other 32 The Gipsies tolerated in the dominions of the Church, for the sake of gain 75 The Gipsies despised and tolerated by the Church, in Spain 395 The attempted conversion of the Jews to the superstitions and impostures of Rome 502 ST. BOSWELL'S, The author's visits to the fairs at--Gipsy scenes 93, 309, 352 ST. JAMES on the gratitude of wild animals 435 ST. PAUL before the Jewish Council--Gamaliel's advice on the persecution of Christians _n_494 "SCOTSMAN" NEWSPAPER, Lament on the death of Will Faa, king of the Scottish Gipsies, in October, 1847 255 SCOTT, SIR WALTER. His judicious advice to the author regarding this work 5, 59, 60, 67, 291 The Gipsy language a "great mystery," 24, 58--His intended publication on the Gipsies 25 He urges an enquiry into the subject of the Gipsies 25, 59 The original of Meg Merrilies, in Guy Mannering 44, 48, 242 An article on the Buckhaven fishermen--The zeal of an antiquary _n_57 His three letters to the author, 58-61--His opinion of the Gipsy language 58, 60 In a note to Quentin Durward, he urges a publication of the present work 66 His translated article, in Blackwood's Magazine, on the Gipsies in Germany 79 His article in Blackwood's Magazine--An English Gipsy family arriving in Scotland 96 Billy Marshall the Gallowayshire Gipsy chief _n_148 In a letter to Captain Adam Ferguson, he alludes to the trial of Kennedy, a tinker _n_192 He notices a scuffle and a murder among Gipsies 216 His description of a Gipsy feast 232 Adventure of a relative among Gipsies--The original of Meg Merrilies 242 His grandfather feasted by the Gipsies on Charter-house moor 244 He discovers a Gipsy, when in the company of Baillie Smith, of Kelso 250 He is not squeamish about delicacies when knowledge is to be acquired 59, 260 His idea of the Scottish Gipsy population greatly erroneous _n_301, 350, _n_417 He causes his eldest daughter to sing "Hughie the Græme" to the author _n_308 He is interested in the Gipsies, but afraid they might injure his plantations _n_309 A list of Gipsy words sent to him for inspection 59, 334 He meets a Prussian Gipsy soldier, in Paris _n_346 Feudal robbers--Extract from his life by Lockhart _n_410 Highland robbers--Fitz-James and Roderick Dhu, in the "Lady of the Lake," _n_411 On the disappearance of the Scottish Gipsies _n_417 What he says about John Bunyan 515 SCOTTISH GIPSIES, DOWN TO THE YEAR 1715. Gipsies supposed to be in Scotland before the year 1460 98 McLellan of Bombie kills a Gipsy chief, and recovers the Barony of Bombie 98 The Gipsies enter Scotland, from Spain, by way of Ireland _n_98 Armorial bearings--Act of James II. against vagabonds 99 Letter of James IV., in 1506, to the king of Denmark, in favour of Anthonius Gawino, Earl of Little Egypt 99 Capacity of the early Gipsies in passing for pilgrims and men of consequence _n_99 Treaty between James V. and John Faw, "Lord and Earl of Little Egypt," in 1540 101 Policy of the Gipsies--The act of James V. the starting point in the history of the Scoto-Egyptians _n_103 The Gipsies insult James V., and, for that reason, are ordered to leave Scotland, in 1541 104 Faw's diplomacy on the occasion _n_106 Death of James V.--The Gipsies recover their position with his successors 107 Remission of Gipsies for the slaughter of Ninian Small 107 Scottish Gipsy captains, and Spanish Gipsy counts _n_107 The Gipsies, at that time, men of importance, and allowed to live under their own laws 107 The Countess of Cassilis elopes with John Faa 108 The Gipsies tolerated from 1506 till 1579, when James VI. assumes the government 109 Act of James VI. against vagabonds in general, and the Gipsies in particular 109 Mode prescribed for punishing the Gipsies and the other vagabonds mentioned 110 Statute confirmed in 1592, when the Gipsies are again referred to 110 Act of 1597 against "strong beggars, vagabonds, and Egyptians" 110 Coal and salt masters might apprehend and put such to labour _n_111 Origin of the slavery in Scotland which was abolished during last century _n_111 Gipsies now colliers in the Lothians _n_111 Fletcher of Saltoun's estimate of the beggars and vagabonds in Scotland, in 1680 _n_111 Act of 1600 declares previous ones ineffectual 111 Acts of 1608 and 1609 banish the Gipsies forever, on pain of death 112 Act of 1617 directs the authorities how to proceed against the Gipsies 113 Condition of the Scottish people generally, at this time 113 Acts against "famous and unspotted gentlemen" for protecting the Gipsies 114 Similar acts passed against the nobility and commonalty in Spain _n_114 Gipsy policy and cunning--Modifications of the term Gitano _n_115 Great outward change in the Gipsies at that time--Surnames and general policy 116 English and German Gipsy and Jewish surnames _n_117 The Gipsies claim bastard kindred with the Scottish aristocracy and gentry 117 They have a profound regard for aristocracy _n_117 Trials and executions of the Gipsies in Scotland--Baron Hume's account 117 The Faas and Baillies the principal Gipsy tribes in Scotland 121 The influence of the Baillies, of Lamington, of great service to the Scottish Gipsies 121 Proscription of Gipsies, and enslavement of colliers and salters, in Scotland _n_121 SHEPHERD KINGS, Gipsies probably the descendants of the 20, 415 SHERIFFS OF SCOTLAND, their reports on the Gipsies in Scotland _n_251 SKENE, WM. F. "Hand-fasting," previous to marriage, practised among Scottish Highland chiefs _n_263 The plundering principles and habits of Scottish Highlanders 410 SLANG, in connexion with the Gipsy language 58, _n_59, 60, 281, 302, _n_338, 506 SLAVES, the religion of 20, 21, 51, 496, _n_496 SMITH, ADAM, author of the "Wealth of Nations," carried off by the Gipsies, when a child 45 SMITH, BAILLIE, OF KELSO. His contribution to Hoyland's "Survey of the Gipsies," 245 SMITH'S HEBREW PEOPLE. History of their language during the seventy years' captivity _n_318 SOLDIERS, Gipsies as 80, 182, 208, 253, 344, 345, _n_346, 359 SOUTHEY, ROBERT. He says Bunyan was bred to the business of a brazier _n_265 On tinkering and Bunyan's education 512 Bunyan's family history and fame 516 He is unreasonable in styling Bunyan a "blackguard," 519 SPIES, Gipsies as _n_74, _n_360 STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF SCOTLAND. Description of Lochgellie, Fifeshire, and the Gipsies settled there 141 Description of the Gipsies at Middleton, Mid-Lothian 341 Allusion to the Falls, merchants, at Dunbar _n_406 STEALING AMONG THE GIPSIES 52, 63, 72, 148, _n_155, 163, 164, 166-174, 177, 197, 210, 211, 228, 315, 339, 364, 482 SURNAMES AMONG THE GIPSIES 99, 101, 107, 117, 121, 124, 141, 153, 219, 252, _n_358 TACITUS on the destruction of the Druids, _n_479--On the religion of slaves _n_496 THIMBLE-RIGGERS AND THIMBLE-RIGGING 319-325 TIMOUR'S CRUELTIES on over-running India 38 TITLES AMONG THE GIPSIES 77, 78, 79, 90, 99, 101, 107, _n_155, 169, 187, 190, 218, 253, _n_256 TRENCK, BARON. In his wanderings, comes in contact with a band of German Gipsies 86 TWISS, RICHARD, on the religious character of the Gipsies 73 On the virtue of Gipsy females, and honesty of Gipsy innkeepers, in Spain 524 TWEED-DALE AND CLYDESDALE GIPSIES. Description of Tweed-dale, in the time of Queen Mary 185 Dr. Pennecuik's works--The Gipsies never had a permanent habitation in the county 185 The tribe attached to the district for three reasons: 1st, the Baillies claimed it as their own, 185--2d, plenty of provisions-- 3d, freedom from the laws 186 Alleged relation of the Gipsies to the Baillies of Lamington _n_185 Braxy--Mr. Borrow on the Gipsies poisoning and eating swine _n_186 Fashionable appearance and mounting of the Baillie tribe--Their children left in huts 186 The Gipsies well treated by the tenantry, who accept dinners from them 187 The Baillies specially mentioned--They give kings and queens to the tribe 187 The quarrelsome disposition of the Gipsies--"A shower of horns, hammers, knives, files, and fiery peats," 188 Dr. Pennecuik's account of a Gipsy battle at Romanno 188 He erects a dove-cot on the spot, to illustrate, by contrast, the nature of the Gipsy 189 The same battle noticed by Lord Fountainhall, in his MS 189 A Gipsy battle at Hawick--Terrific wounds, but no slain 190 Sir Walter Scott's allusion to this battle _n_192 Another and decisive battle between the hostile tribes, at Eskdale moor 193 The country people horrified at the sight of the wounded Gipsies 193 Grellmann's description of Hungarian Gipsies fighting _n_193 Female Gipsies fight as well as males--'Becca Keith, the heroine of Dumblane 194 The trifling occasions of Gipsies fighting, and agreeing among themselves _n_195 The fencibles and the clergy called out to quell and disperse the Gipsies _n_195 Assault of the Gipsies on Pennicuik House _n_195 An insult offered to the mother of the Baillies resented, with drawn swords 196 Contribution from Mr. Blackwood towards a history of the Gipsies 196 Pickpockets at Dumfries, headed by Will Baillie--How he and his tribe travelled to fairs--He returns a farmer his purse, 197--The farmer, when intoxicated, goes to visit him--Baillie pays a widow's rent, and saves her from ruin, 198--He borrows money, and gives the lender a pass of protection, 199--The pass, after scrutiny by two of the tribe, protects its bearer --Baillie repays his loan with a large interest--The "Jock Johnstone" gang of Gipsies, 200--Jock, in a drunken squabble, kills a country ale-wife--His jack-daw proves a bird of bad omen to him, and he a bird of bad omen to his executioner 201 Jock's execution, as described by Dr. Alexander Carlyle _n_201 William Baillie, a handsome, well-dressed, good-looking, well- bred man, and an excellent swordsman 202 Like a wild Arab, he distributes the wares of a trembling packman, who extols, wherever he goes, "the extraordinary liberality of Captain Baillie," 203 Bruce on the protection given by Arabs to shipwrecked Christians _n_203 In indulging his sarcastic wit, Baillie insults the judge on the bench 203 The deportment of Hungarian Gipsies during and after punishment _n_204 Baillie's numerous crimes and sentences 204 The nature of "sorning," _n_204--Gipsies carried arms in the olden times _n_205 Baillie's policy in claiming kin with honourable families 205 He is slain by one of the tribe while in the arms of his wife 206 His murderer pursued by the tribe over the British Isles, till he is apprehended and executed 206 Legal enquiry regarding the slaughter of Baillie, 206--The trial of his murderers 208 William Baillie succeeded by Matthew Baillie--His descendants 208 Mary Yorkston, wife of Matthew Baillie, a Gipsy queen and priestess 208 Her appearance and costume, on gala days, when advanced in years 209 Old Gipsy women strip people of their clothes, like the Arabs of the desert 209 Mary Yorkston restores a stolen purse to a friend--Her husband first counts its contents--"There is your purse, sir; you see what it is, when honest people meet!" 210 A Gipsy chief chastises his wife for want of diligence or success at a fair 211 Mary Yorkston and her particular friend, the good-man of Coulter-park 211 She scorns alms, but demands and takes by force a "boontith," 211 Her son, James Baillie, condemned and pardoned again and again 212 The Baillies of Lamington's influence successful in his case 213 Stylish dress of the male head of the Ruthvens--The Gipsy costume generally 213 Disguises of the tribe when plundering in fairs 213 Vidocq on the disguises of the Continental Gipsies, on a similar occasion _n_213 A couple of mounted Gipsies taken for men almost of the first quality 214 Straggling Gipsies--Their suspicious characters--A tinker and a tinker's wife 215 A quarrel among three Gipsy constables, 216--A murder, a capture, and a lamentation 217 One Gipsy constable murdered, another hanged, and the third banished 218 Great falling off in the condition of the Scottish nomadic Gipsies 218 The internal polity of the Gipsies--Their general system of passes 218 The country divided into districts, under a king and provincial chieftains--The pass of a Baillie conducts its bearer over all Scotland 219 Surnames among the Tweed-dale Gipsies--Surnames among the English Gipsies _n_219 Travelling Gipsies possess two and sometimes several names-- Superstitious ideas when travelling 219 Present condition of the Tweed-dale Gipsies--They dispense with tents, but occupy kilns and outhouses 220 The number of the tribe sometimes collected together, 220--How they are sometimes treated 221 How the Gipsies approach the farmers' premises, 222--How they disguise their numbers 222 Their honesty, while on the farm--The resemblance between Gipsies and ravens _n_223 Personal habits of the tribe while in their encampment 224 The males remain aloof, tinkering and manufacturing--The women vend the goods 224 Athletic amusements of the Gipsies, 224--They despise the peasantry, but boast of their own tribe 225 Their peaceable behaviour, 225--They do not attend church, or worship any thing whatever 226 The musical talents of the Gipsies--Their pretensions to surgery --Dr. Duds 226 How Gipsy women vend their wares, 225--They sometimes take, by force, a "boontith," 227 Habits of the Hungarian Gipsy after child-birth _n_227 Mary Yorkston and her "boontith," 227--Her terrible prediction 228 Recent instances of "sorning," or masterful begging, among the Scottish Gipsies _n_228 Gipsy fortune-tellers, 228--How they frequently obtain important information 229 Travelling Gipsies--Gipsy fiddlers at parties--Gipsy lady's maids 229 Fortune-telling by palmistry and the divining cup, 230--By the corn riddle and scissors 231 Fortune-telling in Kamtachatka and the ancient Eastern nations _n_230 Fortune-telling punishable by Act of Parliament _n_230 Anecdote of a Gipsy woman telling fortunes by the divining cup 231 Gipsies' meals--Sir Walter Scott's description of a Gipsy feast 232 The Gipsy mode of cooking poultry and butcher-meat 233 The Gipsy mode of working in iron--Its antiquity--Hungarian Gipsy smiths _n_234 VIDOCQ. On the disguises and plundering habits of the Continental Gipsies _n_169, _n_213 WILKINSON, SIR J. GARDNER. Thimble-rigging among the ancient Egyptians _n_325 The appearance of the Jews in the East differs from that in Europe 477 WILSON, PROFESSOR. He strolls with the Gipsies in his youth, 8--Was he then looking at the "old thing?" 471 He notices the articles of the author in Blackwood's Magazine 66 YETHOLM. Description of its situation _n_141 The Gipsies of Yetholm--Baillie Smith's account, 245--Mr. Blackwood's contribution 251 Tradition of the first settlement of the Gipsies at Yetholm _n_252 The author's visit to Yetholm 254 The Gipsies at Yetholm knock down their asses, when they separate from their wives 276 Yetholm the metropolis of Scottish Gipsydom, 426--"I come from Yetholm" 443

[331] The song of "Johnny Faa, the Gipsy Laddie," appears in the Waverly anecdotes. It might have been included in the Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border.

+--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES | | | | The spelling, hyphenation and capitalisation of the original work | | have been maintained, including inconsistencies (also in the lists | | of words), except when mentioned below. | | Examples of such inconsistencies are o/ou (as in colour/color), | | 22d/22nd, clannish/clanishness/clanism, Couter-park/Coulter-park, | | Tschingenes/Tschengenes, depot/depôt, wagon/waggon, inconsistent | | use of periods after the name of monarchs (Charles II/Charles II.),| | (John) Lobbs'/Lobb's, etc. | | | | The lay-out of the index has not been changed. | | | | Doubtful issues have been verified with another scan of the same | | edition of the book. | | | | Textual remarks: the author uses "barrier" in several places where | | "barrio" might possibly be more appropriate. This has not been | | changed. The same applies to the author's use of "Pons Assinorum". | | | | Changes made to the original text: | | some minor obvious typographical errors (including punctuation) | | have been corrected silently; | | Footnote [9]: Abbè changed to Abbé; | | Page 76: Tereros changed to Toreros; | | Footnote [40]: Annals changed to Annales; | | Page 161: young laid changed to young lad; | | Footnote [148]: the Gipsy women changed to the Gipsy woman; | | Footnote [151]: Hudegger changed to Heidegger; | | Page 337 (table): Doooe changed to Dooce as in Hoyland's work; | | Index: | | Several page numbers inserted where they were lacking; | | references to footnotes standardised as _n_xxx (spaces deleted); | | spelling changed to conform to spelling in text: Graeme to Græme; | | Charterhouse moor to Charter-house moor; Esk-dale moor to Eskdale | | moor, Fitz James to Fitz-James; Free-masons to Freemasons; | | The philosophy of the preservation ...: page number 33 changed to | | 23; | | MIXED GIPSIES ...: page number 391 moved to proper place. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+

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