Description of lands owned by Haliburton family, and of Dryburgh Abbey. Also includes an entry from 'Douglas's Peerage' on genealogy of family, and an account of death of Major Haliburton at siege of Lucknow.

Story about how news of the Battle of Omdurman and Second Battle of Cawnpore, India, was disseminated collected from Mr Urquhart of Faithir Mhor Gearrloch [Am Faithir Mòr/Firemore, Geàrr Loch/Gairloch, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty]. He states that the Battle of Omdurman, Sudan, was heard about in Cairo, Egypt 'before it was known by the telegraph fifteen miles away'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.