A description by Ewen MacLachlan of fourteen manuscripts sent to him by the Highland Society of Scotland for examination. It was remitted to him by the Society in eight instalments between 26 May 1812 and 3 July 1813, and was intended for use in the compilation of the Society’s Dictionary. Pages 1-152 were therefore forwarded by the society to the Reverend Dr John MacLeod (MacLachlan’s co-adjutor on the Dictionary) on 3 June 1813. On this occasion the five instalments making up pages 1-120 were marked (on the title-page, page v) ‘No.10’ and the two instalments making up pages 121-52 were marked (on page 152) ‘No.11’. These numbers correspond to those in the accompanying inventory, now Ingliston MS. A.iv.22.

The contents are as follows.

Description of Adv.MS.72.1.46. (Page 1.)

Description of Adv.MS.72.2.8. (Middle of page 6.)

Description of Adv.MS.72.1.38. (Page 19.)

Description of Adv.MS.72.2.6. (Bottom of page 55.)

Description of Adv.MS.72.2.12. (Page 68.)

Description of Adv.MS.72.2.4. (Bottom of page 68.)

Description of Adv.MS.72.2.15. (Middle of page 71.)

Description of Adv.MS.72.2.5. (Middle of page 73.)

List of portions transcribed by MacLachlan from above manuscripts as at 11 July 1812. (Middle of page 80.)

Description of Adv.MS.72.2.3. (Page 81.)

Description of Adv.MS.72.1.40. (Middle of page 95.)

Description of Adv.MS.72.1.33. (Bottom of page 117.)

Description of Trinity College Dublin 1698 (H.6.22). (Page 121.)

Description of Adv.MS.72.1.32. (Page 122.)

Description of Adv.MS.72.1.37, with indices, transcripts of non-Gaelic material, and commentary. (Page 129.)

Conclusion. (Page 167.)