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1762, to John Nairn, Esq., Captain in His 

 Majesty's 78th regiment of foot: it belongs at 

 present to Mrs. Nairn. 



Mount Murray (the seigniory of) is an- 

 other British grant en fief et seigneurie^ (the 

 third of the same description is Shoolbred, in 

 the district of Gaspe); it reaches from the north 

 side of the River of Malbay, along the bank 

 of the St. Lawrence, as far as the River Noire, 

 by three leagues in depth ; granted April 27th, 

 1762, to Lieutenant Malcolm Praser, of His 

 Majesty^'s 78th regiment of foot, and is now 

 the property of Malcolm Fraser, Esq. These 

 two seigniories are separated from each other 

 by Malbay river, and contain only a very small 

 proportion of cultivated land, in comparison to 

 their dimensions. The general surface of both 

 is mountainous, but in some places the soil is 

 moderately good : timber of all kinds is plenti- 

 ful and very fine, particularly pine. The lands 

 under the best state of improvement are those 

 that range along each side of Malbay river for 

 about six miles. A tolerably good road passes 

 through these settlements to the extremity of 

 them, upon which there are many farm-houses 

 and neat dwellings. Murray Bay has a church 

 and parsonage-house, two grist-mills, and some 

 saw-mills : there is also a well-built manor- 

 Jiouse, belonging to the proprietor of the seig- 



