Tales and Ossianic verse written down from the recitation of Donald MacLean (born 1715), who had most of his material from his grandfather Malcolm MacPhail (Calum Mac Phail), Rothill, Torosay. Macpherson's foreword is dated April 1803; the date on the back of the final leaf gives the dating of ‘1802-3-& 4’.

The contents are included as collection "P" in John Francis Campbell of Islay's 'Leabhar na Feinne' (London 1872), and page numbers are given below; see also pages xxvi-xxvii of the preface. Campbell left a note, dated 1871, with the manuscript, which has been kept with it.

The contents are as follows.

(i) Folio sheet bearing John Francis Campbell’s comments dated 1871. (Page i.)

(ii) Gaelic preface by the scribe, dated April 1803. (Page 1.)

(iii) ‘Thaobh Breith Fhinn-ic Cubhaill, &c’. ‘Leabhar na Feinne’, page 37. (Page 2.)

(iv) “Mu th’sealg dheirinnich Oisin”. ‘Leabhar na Feinne’, page 38. (Page 25.)

(v) “Mar a chaill Oisin a fàinne”. ‘Leabhar na Feinne’, page 38. (Middle of page 35.)

(vi) Tale beginning ‘Bha Padruig uair a togail tighe’. ‘Leabhar na Feinne’, page 39. (Page 36.)

(vii) ‘Turus Fhinn do thigh Odhacha-beaganich’. Includes (page 49) “La gan dh’eirich flath na fiann”, 44 lines: ‘Laoidh a choin duigh’. ‘Leabhar na Feinne’, page 89. (Page 38.)

(viii) “Losgadh Tiogh Fàrala ‘us gun a ‘n’ Fheinn aig a Bhaile”. ‘Leabhar na Feinne’, page 179. (Page 57.)

(ix) ‘Cha mhac caillich idir e’, 5 quatrains. ‘Moladh Aoidh, le Goll’. ‘Leabhar na Feinne’, page 172. (Page 62.)

(x) Tale beginning ‘Air teachd don la sin’, including (page 64) “Mac an Luin a thoirt do dh’Oscar”, 1 quatrain: “Athchuing’ Ghuill”. ‘Leabhar na Feinne’, page 180. (Middle of page 63.)

(xi) ‘Innis thus dhuinn a Phadruig’, 62 lines. ‘Turus fhinn do Lochlunn’. Prose postscript. ‘Leabhar na Feinne’, page 85. (Page 65.)

(xii) ‘La gan rabh fiann alabinn’, 49 stanzas. “Laoidh Maodh-Chabir ‘us Chamagich”. ‘Leabhar na Feinne’, page 128. (Page 69.)

(xiii) “Failte dhuise th’suaimhnich dhubh”, 17 stanzas. ‘Laoidh na Suaimhnicha Duibhe’. ‘Leabhar na Feinne’, page 200. (Page 74.)

(xiv) ‘Sgeul uainich chualas gun bhreug’, 58 stanzas. “Laoidh an Ùmpi Dan comh-ainm Laoidh an Amadain mhòir”. ‘Leabhar na Feinne’, page 206. (Page 76.)