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GIPSIES IN EGYPT.
Difficulty of obtaining Information .-- The Khedive on the Gipsies .-- Mr Edward Elias .-- Mahomet introduces me to the Gipsies .-- They call themselves Tataren .-- The Rhagarin or Gipsies at Boulac .-- Cophts .-- Herr Seetzen on Egyptian Gipsies .-- The Gipsy with the Monkey in Cairo .-- Street- cries of the Gipsy Women in Egypt.

Captain Newbold on the Egyptian Gipsies.
Since writing the foregoing pages, and only a day or two after one of the incidents therein described, I went to Egypt, passing the winter in Cairo and on the Nile.

While waiting in the city for the friend with whom I was to ascend the mysterious river, it naturally occurred to me, that as I was in the country which many people still believe is the original land of the Gipsies, it would be well worth my while to try to meet with some, if any were to be found.
It is remarkable, that notwithstanding my inquiries from many gentlemen, both native and foreign, including savans and beys, the only educated person I ever met in Egypt who was able to give me any information on the subject of its Gipsies was the Khedive or Viceroy himself, a fact which will not seem strange to those who are aware of the really wonderful extent of his knowledge of the country which he rules.

I had been but a few days in Cairo when, at an interview with the Khedive, Mr Beardsley, the American Consul, by whom I was presented, mentioned to his Highness that I was interested in the subject of the Gipsies, upon which the Khedive said that there were in Egypt many people known as "_Rhagarin_" (Ghagarin), who were probably the same as the "Bohemiens" or Gipsies of Europe.