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hundred dollars, and it was not one of the highest 

 priced. The inside of the wardo is arranged both for 

 carrying things and as a living room. A bunk, perhaps 

 three feet wide and two feet above the floor of the wagon, 

 is placed at the back and a bed with sheets, pillows, 

 coverlid, and all is neatly and cleanly made upon it. 

 Two little doors under this bunk shut in a kind of closet 

 where clothes and bedding may be kept. A narrow seat 

 runs around the other three sides of the wardo under 

 which things can be stuffed and on which women and 

 children may sit when travelling in bad weather makes 

 it necessary to keep in the van. Two small windows are 

 let into each side of the wagon and one at the back. 

 The baggage rack behind, where trunks or boxes may be 

 carried, completes the description of the wardo, to whose 

 long pole two horses must necessarily be hitched to pull 

 the heavy load ; but the Romany can well afford to drive 

 two horses, for horses are his wealth. Gypsies attach 

 great value to their wardos and are very proud of them, 

 and a Romany cTial will show you his horo wardo with 

 all the pride of possession a man might take in showing 

 you his new house. 



Besides the van, a Romany in good circumstances will 

 have a buggy or two to help carry his large family, and 

 also to hitch up and drive in town with. The horo 

 wardo will not be hitched up until they mean to break 

 camp and lei their cumrs and jdl avri (take their things 

 and go away). 



After the van, or wardo, the tan or tent is the most 

 important possession of the Romany. The word tan 

 means both tent and camping ground. It is an interest- 

 ing word. It appears in stan in such words as Hindu- 

 stan, which might be rendered, Gypsie fashion, the tan 

 of the Hindus, and comes from an Aryan root tan, to 

 stretch, seen in our word tent. Perhaps it is related to 



town, Ger.' Zaun. 



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