12mo. [6], 88pp, [2]. With a half-title and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Uncut in original publisher's printed powder blue paper boards. Rubbed, spine worn, upper joint split, lower joint starting. Later inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP.

The first edition of a spiritual travelogue by Scottish minister John Brown (1784-1858) of Biggar, Lanarkshire, recounting a trip through the Scottish Highlands, and intending in particular to illuminate the 'religious and moral state of [the region's] inhabitants'. Brown's narrative winds its way through Dunblane, Comrie, Lochearnhead, Killin, and Lochlomond, concluding in Glasgow; throughout his journey, he takes particular note of the character of each congregation, having 'delivered twelve discourses, and dispensed not less than a thousand tracts and catechisms' on his travels. His conclusion emphasises the remarkable potential of the Highlands for future missionary activity, describing the residents soundly as 'a people prepared for the Lord'.