Transcribed from the William Ballintine 1807 edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org, using scans from the British Library. [Picture: Book cover] DISSERTATION ON THE GIPSEYS: REPRESENTING THEIR _MANNER OF LIFE_, _SICKNESS_, _DEATH_, _& BURIAL_, _FAMILY ECONOMY_, _RELIGION_, _OCCUPATIONS & TRADES_, _LANGUAGE_, _MARRIAGES & EDUCATION_, _SCIENCES & ARTS_, _&c._ _&c._ _&c._ WITH AN HISTORICAL ENQUIRY CONCERNING THEIR _ORIGIN & FIRST APPEARANCE IN EUROPE_. * * * * * * * * * * FROM THE GERMAN OF H. M. G. GRELLMANN. * * * * * * * * * * LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM BALLINTINE, _Duke-street_, _Adelphi_, _Strand_: SOLD BY EFFINGHAM WILSON, OPPOSITE THE CHAPTER COFFEE-HOUSE, ST. PAUL’S. 1807. ADVERTISEMENT. THE following Dissertation has already appeared in an English dress, having been, some years since, translated by the late M. Raper, Esq. F.R.S. and A.S. for the purpose, as he states in his preface, of affording “such of his countrymen as were unacquainted with the German language an opportunity of learning from what part of the world it is probable the Gipseys came among us.” The original work, and Mr. Raper’s translation, are burthened with many notes—Greek, Latin, French, German, English—shewing the sources whence the information was derived, most of which, for obvious reasons, are omitted in the present edition; such only being retained as were thought indispensable, or particularly interesting. _July_, 1807. CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION P. 1 SECTION THE FIRST.