Gypsies

arc.^distinct race, called Bohemians by the French, ancPZingari by the Italians, and Rommnny by themselves. They are gradually dying out. as civilization. checks their power of wandering; and of the po ible half-million remaining many no locgcr keep up the old customs and language. They probably came from India they have no religion of their own, and their one merit; seems to be their love of and talent for music. They first appeared in Germany and Italy at the beginning of the 15th century, and reached England about ico years later.