The papers on religion are as follows. (i) ‘Of the necessity of religion in a nation’, undated. (Folio 1.) Monboddo number 253. (ii) Two papers on the history of religion from the earliest times to the ancient Greeks, 1766, undated. (Folio 11.) Monboddo numbers 4, 3. (iii) 'Of natural religion and its progress', undated. (Folio 57.) Monboddo number 9. (iv) 'An account of the Chaldaeans', 1769. (Folio 73.) A translation from Diodorus Siculus, ‘Bibliotheca historica’, book 2. Monboddo number 130. (v) Notes, 1781, from T Hyde, ‘Historia religionis veterum Persarum’, 1700. (Folio 77.) Monboddo number 191. (vi) ‘Of the Greek mythology', undated. (Folio 81.) Monboddo number 2. (vii) Papers on the origin of Judaism and the use of allegory in the Old Testament, undated. (Folio 99.) Includes Monboddo number 74. Folios 108-118 may be part of Monboddo number 282. (viii) Outline of a proposed publication by an unnamed author on the Brahmins of Srirangam, followed by a list of oriental objects in a museum, undated. (Folio 119.)