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MRS. F. 



Not among themselves; they then converse in a jargon or 

 language unintelligible to others. There appears to be a 

 striking coincidence in the grammatical construction of the 

 Hindoo and gipsy language; many of their manners and cus- 

 toms closely resemble each other, and Grellman collected 

 four hundred words from the gipsies, all of whiclvwere nearly 

 synonymous with the Hindoo. 



HENRIETTA. 



But how did they come into Europe? 



MRS. F. 



Grellman supposes that, in the war of devastation carried 

 on in the years 1408 and 1409 by Timur Beg 



HENRIETTA. 



I beg pardon for interrupting you, but is he the same as 

 Tamerlane? 



MRS. F. 



Yes, he is. His wars are supposed to have driven the 

 gipsies through the Persian district, along the Persian Gulf, 

 through Arabia Petraea, across the Isthmus of Suez into 

 Egypt. Mary, I am particular in giving you their exact 

 route, that you may trace it on the map. 



MARY. 

 Thank you, mamma. 



MRS. F. 



Entering Europe, as they did, by Egypt, they acquired the 

 name of Egyptians, corrupted into Gipsies in English, Gitano 

 in Spanish, Zigeuner in German, Cingani in the Hugarian, 

 and Zingari in the Italian languages. In Germany they 

 were first observed in 1414. Muratori quotes a writer who 

 says, that in 1422, two hundred Cingari appeared in the town 

 where he lived, and stated that they came from India; and 

 Munster, in 1524, gathered from a gipsy, accounts which 



