COMMUNICATIONS 135 by Truro. There is a branch to Bodmin, another to Fowey, and another crosses the county to Newquay. After reaching Truro, the line deserts the south, but sends a branch down to P'almouth. It runs to Redruth and Camborne and reaches the sea at Hayle. It sends a short branch up to St Ives, but the main line turns south again to end in a terminus at Penzance. The L. & S.W.R., after sending out a branch to Bude, reaches Launceston, and then supplies the dreary country from Launceston to Camelford with communication. From Camelford it runs to Wadebridge; and down the estuary to Padstow, a branch to the south serving Bodmin. In addition to the branches already mentioned are others to Looe and Helston. Penzance is reached from Paddington in 8^ hours and Newquay in half-an-hour less. The L. & S.W.R. leaving Waterloo reaches Laun- ceston in 5! hours, Bude in 6 hours, and Wadebridge in under 7 hours. From Wadebridge coaches run to Newquay. A steamer maintains communication with the Scilly Isles from Penzance. 25. Administration and Divisions, Ancient and Modern. Before the Conquest the divisions of the county were probably those afterwards forming the old deaneries, and followed the limits of the Celtic tribes under their several
