Chapter 3

JOHN NAIRNE, SEIGNEUR OF MURRAY BAY

Colonel Nairne's portrait.--His letters.--The first Scottish settlers at Malbaie.--Nairne's finance.--His tasks.--The curé's work.--The Scottish settlers and their French wives.--The Church and Education.--Nairne's efforts to make Malbaie Protestant.--His war on idleness.--The character of the habitant.--Fishing at Malbaie.--Trade at Malbaie.--Farming at Malbaie.--Nairne's marriage,--Career and death in India of Robert Nairne.--The Quebec Act and its consequences for the habitant. 40