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on the south side of the bay ; on the opposite 

 shore of the river is the site of the intended 

 town of Haldimand. At Pabos Bay, about 

 midway between Cape Despair and Point 

 Maquereau there is a small village on the 

 western side, and on the opposite side, on a 

 projecting point, stand the summer habitations 

 of the fishermen, as they are usually termed : 

 several streams descend into this bay from a 

 numerous chain of small lakes to the north- 

 westward. A little to the westward of Pabos 

 is a small snug inlet called Port Daniel. Bon- 

 aventure is a small place, containing about 

 twenty-five houses and a church, situated on 

 the western side of the harbour of the same 

 name, in the township of Hamilton : the land 

 surrounding it is level and pretty good, but its 

 whole dependence is the fishery. On the north 

 shore of Ristigouche Bay the country presents 

 a great deal of luxuriant meadow land ; from 

 Megoacha Point there is a tract of about six- 

 teen miles in length and about a mile and a 

 half in breadth, granted in Jief and seigneurie 

 on the 4th July, 1788, to John Shoolbred, Esq. 

 and although several parts of it claim notice as 

 being well adapted for settling upon, it yet 

 remains without a single individual, from the 

 object of the proprietor not being any partial 



