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ford road. The northern boundary follows the road from 

 Trumpington to Royston as far as the cross-roads at Shep- 

 reth ; then turning to the right traverses that leading to 

 Meldreth as far as the brook in the centre of the latter 

 village; descending that brook to the river, it ascends the 

 Cam to Arrington Bridge, from whence it is drawn along 

 the road leading to Potton until it reaches the boundary 

 of the county. By far the greater part of this is a chalk- 

 district. 



No. 3, Wimpole, is bounded westwards by the edge 

 of the county ; southwards by No. 2 ; eastwards by No. 1 ; 

 and northwards by the Cambridge and St Neots turnpike- 

 road, except that at Eltisley the St Neots road is left and 

 that leading to St Ives is used for a very short distance, 

 in order to reach the edge of the county. 



No. 4, Cottenham. The three internal boundaries of 

 this district are the above-mentioned Cambridge and St 

 Neots road, the river Cam from Cambridge until it joins 

 the old Ouse, and then that old river up to Earith. 



No. 5, Bwrwell, is bounded by districts 1 and 4 ; and 

 by the road from Mildenhall by Soham to the river Ouse 

 below Barraway. The small detached piece of Suffolk 

 adjoining Newmarket is included in it. 



No. 6, Ely, is bounded towards the south by Nos. 4 

 and 5 ; to the north-east by the edge of the county ; and 

 to the north-west by the New Bedford River. It includes 

 the whole of the true island of Ely, but is otherwise a 

 fen country. 



No. 7, Chatteris, is a fen district, but includes one 

 considerable island, namely, that of Doddington. It is 

 bounded by the New Bedford Eiver on the one side, and 



