Robert Andrew Scott Macfie Gypsy Lore

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. From the linguistic side only one view of the Gypsies is obtained, and that not the most interesting. It has been more studied than the others, and is given precedence here because Romani is the passport to the confidence of these wild children of nature. They take an inordinate pride in their tongue, nous parlons comme les oiseaux chantent, nous chantons comme les lions rugissent was their brag to Vaillant,-and he who imagines he can penetrate behind the mask they wear, without a knowledge of their language, imagines a vain thing.