The writer and his companion, Mr Booth, travelled by coach from London to Douglas Mill. From there, they continued on foot to New Lanark and the Falls of Clyde, Chatelherault and Glasgow. They then sailed to Dumbarton Castle, walked to Luss and climbed Ben Lomond, before visiting Inverary Castle and a Highland hut at Tyndrum. The writer walked on alone to Dunkeld, through the Pass of Killiecrankie to Fort Augustus, the Falls of Foyers, Inverness, Culloden Moor, Fort George, Forres, Elgin and Aberdeen where the journal breaks off abruptly. He notices noblemen’s seats, comments on the military roads, industry and agriculture as well as natural phemomena and the historical associations of places visited. An engraving of Forres is pasted in at f.55v. At the back of the volume is a ’Journal of the Prince’s Escape after the Battle of Cullodon’ (f.67), an itinerary of the tour (ff.73-74) and notes on Scottish history and culture (ff.76-83).

There are numerous blank pages in the volume some of which have been mutilated.