Colonel Harriot on the Oriental Origin qftlie Gypseys. 529 



According to Sir W. Ouseley, the tribe Karachi in Persia resemble our 

 Gypseys in the use of a particular dialect, and in their fondness for an erratic 

 life J their preference of tents to houses ; telling fortunes by inspecting the 

 palm of the hand ; in their pilfering habits ; and in being nearly without re- 

 ligion, although they make occasionally an outward profession of it. 



The following list of Persic -Gypsey words shews their correspondence 

 with those of India and England. Vide Travels in Persia, Vol. Ill, p. 400. 



