Transcribed from the 1901 John Murray edition ,
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THE ZINCALI
 
AN ACCOUNT OF THE
GYPSIES OF SPAIN
BY GEORGE BORROW
AUTHOROF
‘THE BIBLE IN SPAIN’
‘LAVENGRO’
ETC.
 
‘For that whichis unclean by nature,
thou canst entertain no hope; no washing
will turn the Gypsy white.’—Ferdousi
 
NEW IMPRESSION
 
LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET
1901
 
p. ivEdinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty
p. vTO
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE EARL OF CLARENDON, G.C.B.
KEEPER OFHER MAJESTY’S PRIVY SEAL
ETC., ETC.,ETC.
My Lord,
I feel it not only a gratification but an honour to bepermitted to dedicate these volumes [0] to your Lordship, the moreparticularly as they are connected with Spain, a countryin which it was so frequently my fortune to experience suchprompt and salutary aid from your Lordship in the high capacityof representative of our Gracious British Sovereign.
The remembrance of the many obligations under which yourLordship has placed me, by your energetic and effectualinterference in time of need, will ever in heartfeltgratitude cause me to remain, with unfeigned sentiments ofrespect,
My Lord,
Your most devotedServant,
GEORGE BORROW.
p.viiPREFACE
It is with some diffidence that theauthor ventures to offer the present work to the public.
The greater part of it has been written under very peculiarcircumstances, such as are not in general deemed at allfavourable for literary composition: at considerable intervals,during a period of nearly five years passed in Spain—inmoments snatched from more important pursuits—chiefly inventas and posádas, whilst wandering through the countryin the arduous and unthankful task of distributing the Gospelamong its children.
Owing to the causes above stated, he is aware that his workmust not unfrequently appear somewhat disjointed and unconnected,and the style rude and unpolished: he has, nevertheless,permitted the tree to remain where he felled it, having, indeed,subsequently enjoyed too little leisure to make much effectualalteration.
At the same time he flatters himself that the work is notdestitute of certain qualifications to entitle it toapprobation.  The author’s acquaintance with the Gypsyrace in general dates from a p.                         
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