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.