The book opens with brief notes of a tour to Wales and Bath, 1810. This is followed (folio 4) by detailed reminiscences, written in 1813, of a prolonged visit to Bath in 1809-1810. The second part of the volume (folio 31) contains a long history, written during mourning and addressed to her children, of events in Ross's family, from her marriage in 1813 to Captain Ross, retired from naval service in the East, until his death in 1828. Among family homes mentioned are Troqueer Holm and Cargenholm, Kirkcudbrightshire. A long stay in Richmond, Yorkshire, is also described. The volume concludes (folio 128) with three sets of memorial reflections, 1829-1831.