As it stands the manuscript is in eight parts, each in several chapters; part 5, chapter 6 is not included; and two sections which are not integrated into this scheme are placed at the beginning of the second volume. Various papers were used, some of which have dates in their watermarks: 1794 (parts 1 and 2; part 4, chapter 1 and 2, sections 2-4; part 5, chapter 2 middle-3; part 8; and the unintegrated sections), 1795 (part 6, chapter 2 middle-3; part 7, introduction and chapter 1 and 4 middle-6, section 3; also isolated leaves in part 7, chapter 6, section 5 ([folios 915, 925]), 1796 (part 3, chapters 1-5 beginning and 6-7; part 5, chapter l. section l middle-chapter 2 middle, and chapter 8 end; part 6, chapter 1-3 middle; also isolated leaves in part 2, chapter 2 [folios 67, 69], and part 7, chapter 6 [folio 901]), and 1797 (part 4, chapter l end-2, section l middle, and chapters 3-4).

The part and chapter number are written on the verso of every fourth leaf, suggesting that sections of two bifolia were employed. The manuscript is foliated throughout, except for the two unintegrated sections now at the beginning of the second volume. Another foliation in pencil implies a different arrangement (part 3, chapters 1-2 omitted; large addition after part 3; part 4, chapters 3-4 after chapter 1; the two unintegrated sections after part 4) and division into volumes (before part 5).