From London they sailed to Calais and proceeded, chiefly by rail, through Belgium and Germany, down the Rhine as far as Basel, then back via Strasbourg, Rheims, Paris, and Boulogne.

Robert Haldane went by sea from Newhaven to London, and having crossed to Ostend, visited Belgium, Germany and Switzerland before returning through France.

Consists of volumes i-vii. The route taken was; Edinburgh, Tunbridge Wells, Belgium, the Rhine, Frankfort, Bavaria, Tyrol, Naples (several months), Rome (two months), and home by much the same route as before, only by Stuttgart and Heidelberg.

The party sailed from Newhaven-on-Forth to Scarborough, visited York, and travelled through Belgium, France, Germany and Switzerland. The scenery and the habits of the people are described and pictures of costumes and places have been inserted.

The volumes contain carbon copies of diary-letters to a friend in Edinburgh, of which folios 51-65 are duplicated in MS.9759 by the retention of the originals. The journal contains a description of the sea voyage and the social life of his tour, but is notable for its detailed descriptions of visits to printing houses, particularly Donnelley's of Chicago (MS.9759, folios 51-65) and the Government Printing Office, Washington (MS.9760, folios 1-29).

The volumes contain carbon copies of diary-letters to a friend in Edinburgh, of which folios 51-65 are duplicated in MS.9759 by the retention of the originals. The journal contains a description of the sea voyage and the social life of his tour, but is notable for its detailed descriptions of visits to printing houses, particularly Donnelley's of Chicago (MS.9759, folios 51-65) and the Government Printing Office, Washington (MS.9760, folios 1-29).

The volumes contain carbon copies of diary-letters to a friend in Edinburgh, of which folios 51-65 are duplicated in MS.9759 by the retention of the originals. The journal contains a description of the sea voyage and the social life of his tour, but is notable for its detailed descriptions of visits to printing houses, particularly Donnelley's of Chicago (MS.9759, folios 51-65) and the Government Printing Office, Washington (MS.9760, folios 1-29).

The unidentified writer describes local industries such as the working of Gobelins tapestry and the manufacture of glass beads at Venice, and Alpine glaciers and waterfalls. The volume is illustrated throughout by engravings, coloured postcards, and pencil sketches.

The journal deals chiefly with personal experiences and with the condition and methods of farming on the mainland and in Mull. The account of Mull itself is confined to pages 22-51.

At the end are cash-accounts for two months (inverted folio 1).

The narrative opens with an account of a tour in the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales, but most of the text is concerned with social life in York. The writer was a niece of the Reverend Andrew Ewbank, rector of Londesborough, Yorkshire, and many entries relate to his family. Amongst prominent personalities are Miss Elizabeth Hamilton, the novelist, and Dr Henry Moyes, a blind Scottish lecturer on popular science. A few pages have been torn out.

The tour starting from Glasgow and proceeding to Greenock, Dunkeld, Perth, Dundee and Saint Andrews, where the narrative breaks off.

The journal commences after the taking of Mallia by Alexander Walker's field detachment and ends with Macmurdo's return to Baroda, 7 December 1809-17 March 1810. It is however more than a catalogue of camps and skirmishes because Macmurdo records and speculates upon the customs and economy of the area at considerable length.

The journal commences after the taking of Mallia by Alexander Walker's field detachment and ends with Macmurdo's return to Baroda, 7 December 1809-17 March 1810. It is however more than a catalogue of camps and skirmishes because Macmurdo records and speculates upon the customs and economy of the area at considerable length.

A table of the relationships of the various families has been placed in MS.3116, folio i.

The writer is not named but was apparently a young lady travelling with her brother and friends from Hampshire. She gives brief descriptions of the places visited which included Nottingham, the Lake District and Edinburgh; from here they toured the Highlands via Stirling, Inveraray and Loch Lomond before returning south through York and Peterborough.

The Mure of Caldwell papers are chiefly of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Some of the earlier papers belonged to the Mures of Glanderston, the two families having been united in 1710 by the succession of William, 4th Laird of Glanderston, to the Caldwell estates.

There are detailed descriptions of the architecture, economy, customs, and methods of transport of the countries visited. Loosely enclosed in a pocket at the back of the volume are journals of two further tours in Switzerland and a few pages of geological notes, undated, in the same hand.

A full account is given of Adam Hay's travels and of his visits to places of interest. Of particular note are his descriptions of art galleries and museums in Italian cities such as Florence and Rome. Hay's interest in history also took him to Vesuvius and the sites of Herculaneum and Pompeii.

Starting from Carr, near Blackburn, the diarist travelled by Carlisle, Dumfries, Dumbarton, Stirling, Blair Atholl, Perth, and Edinburgh to Berwick, visiting many intermediate places as well.

The writer of the journal is probably John Clayton (1729-1803) of Carr Hall, near Blackburn, Lancashire.