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I arrived at Balena, and left next morning for Warner's Ranch, and on 

 my way I passed through the Santa Ysabel Ranch, which adjoins War- 

 ner's. I found they had lost nine or ten head of yearlings with black leg. 

 At Warner's Ranch I found out Mr. Linton, the manager, was not at home, 

 having gone to Julien, intending to continue his journey next day to San 

 Diego. In course of conversation with one of his men I was informed that 

 the}' had lost over one hundred head, and that they had ceased dying a 

 few days before my arrival, and shortly after the first frost, therefore I 

 could not make an autopsy. I decided to go to Julien and see the man- 

 ager and personally interview him. Mr. Linton confirmed the statements 

 made by the man seen in the morning; he also added that he purchased 

 some cattle from the San Felipe Ranch which adjoins the Warner Ranch. 

 A little later ex-Governor Downey, of California, and owner of the Warner 

 Ranch, bought four hundred Chihuahua steers shipped from Mexico to 

 Colton by a man named Strausenbach; and said cattle were delivered by 

 the aforesaid Strausenbach on the Warner Ranch; a short time after their 

 arrival the natives began to die. Mr. Linton ascribed their deaths as due 

 to the arrival of the San Felipe cattle. I found out, however, that the 

 other half of the San Felipe cattle were bought by Joseph Marks, of Julien, 

 and removed to San Bernardino, remained perfectly healthy, and as yet 

 caused no disease among the cattle at San Bernardino, whereas some of 

 the San Felipe cattle on the Warner Ranch died, as well as some of the 

 Warner Ranch stock shortly after the advent of the four hundred steers 

 from Colton, none of which died. Mr. Linton said the fattest and best 

 animals went first, whilst others lingered for days, some recovering. On 

 opening some of the dead cattle he found the spleens enormously enlarged, 

 the livers also, and of a brick-red color; the gall-bladders enormously 

 distended and full of dark, green inspissated bile; he said there was 

 absence of any dark stain to the flesh, which was, if anything, brighter 

 than usual. The Indians and half breeds devoured the flesh of all that 

 died, without as yet having experienced any bad effects, which, in my 

 opinion, could scarcely be possible had it been anthrax, as Mr. Linton sup- 

 posed. Mr. Linton owned to having lost one hundred head, but I am 

 inclined to think he underestimated his loss, as his nephew informed Mr. 

 Bishop, his neighbor, that they had sold one hundred and fifty hides, and 

 that others were missing — placing the loss in his opinion between one 

 hundred and eighty and one hundred and ninety head. 



From Julien I went to Cuyamaca (Governor Waterman's ranch), and on 

 arrival was informed that a valuable bull had died that morning. It was 

 buried. When I had it disinterred and made an autopsy, I found the post- 

 mortem lesions that of southern or Texas fever. I made a microscopical 

 examination of the liver and spleen by means of cover-glass specimens. 

 The microscopical examination confirmed the microscopical diagnosis. 

 The foreman, Mr. B. W. Carey, said: " We have lost in all twenty-one head. 

 We shipped cattle from the Penasquitus Ranch, on the coast, to San Ber- 

 nardino, by car, in April, 1888. They remained there three months. In 

 July, 1888, we reshipped them with others back to the Penasquitus Ranch. 

 In about two weeks after their arrival two deaths occurred. We then 

 started the cattle the next day for the Cuyamaca Ranch, going through by 

 way of Poway and El Cajon. On arrival at Cuyamaca three died the same 

 night; then two died. They all exhibited the same symptoms." Mr. 

 Stratton's cattle, pastured in the El Cajon Valley, commenced to die after 

 Governor Waterman's passed through. I must refer you back to Mr. 

 Hardy's testimony, in which he says he bought Mr. Stratton's cattle, and 

 on slaughtering them found two showing the post-mortem lesions of south- 



