CHAPTER VI: THE BOHEMIANS.
Sae rantingly, sae wantingly, Sae dantingly gaed he, He play'd a spring and danced a round Beneath the gallows tree! OLD SONG [The Bohemians: In...

Guy Mannering the reader will find some remarks on the gipsies as they are found in Scotland.

Their first appearance in Europe took place in the beginning of the fifteenth century.

The account given by these singular people was, that it was appointed to them, as a penance, to travel for a certain number of years.

Their appearance, however, and manners, strongly contradicted the allegation that they travelled from any religious motive.