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ern fever; and also that his own cattle pasturing in the El Cajon commenced 

 dying in August. Now, the Governor's cattle passed in the end of July. 

 It would appear from this evidence, if correct, that the Governor's cattle 

 were the means of causing the infection at Poway and El Cajon, and that 

 they, without a doubt, carried the infection to the bull that died at Cuya- 

 maca. 



In connection with those cattle I must state that yearly deaths take 

 place at the Penasquitus Ranch. It is a peculiar fact that none of the 

 cattle taken to San Bernardino from Penasquitus died, but that the deaths 

 took place two weeks after their return to Penasquitus with other cattle, 

 which I was informed by Governor Waterman's son came from their San 

 Bernardino dairy. It is well known that deaths have occurred close to 

 Colton, which is two miles from San Bernardino, from southern fever, and 

 it may be that the Governor's cattle crossed a trail and became infected or 

 caught the contagion on the cars on the return to Penasquitus. But these 

 being native cattle would not possibly infect Hardy's and Stratton's unless 

 some southern cattle were mixed in the herd. It is also a fact that the 

 bull that died at Cuyamacawas raised on the Cuyamaca Ranch, and that 

 no deaths occurred until the arrival of the herd from Penasquitus. I am 

 informed that the original stock of those two ranches were brought in by 

 Colonel Taylor from New Mexico, Iowa, and Kansas. I also examined 

 the remainder of the herd and found only one sick cow, which was killed, 

 and the post-mortem revealed a case of tuberculosis. 



Leaving Cuyamaca I commenced to trace up the infection on Warner's 

 Ranch, and on my way passed through the San Felipe Ranch, which 

 adjoins Warner's, and found they had lost five head of cattle, and in one 

 day thirty sheep, which the owner claimed died from the eating of a cer- 

 i tarn weed. He also informed me that black leg was of annual occurrence 

 on his ranch. 



Leaving here I passed through Warner's for the second time, and went 

 through the center of the four hundred Chihuahua steers, all of which 

 seemed in good condition, as were also most of the natives, no more deaths 

 having occurred since my first visit. Taking up the trail of the Chihuahua 

 steers, the first place I came to was Oak Grove, and Mr. Studebaker in- 

 formed me that those Chihuahua steers passed through his place, and up 

 to the present no deaths had occurred, but one of his cows was sick, exhib- 

 iting a prominent symptom of southern fever. I informed him what to 

 give her, one of the Warner steers having mixed with his herd. From 

 here I proceeded to Temecula, and found that numerous cattle had died 

 around the town. I interviewed the following gentlemen: Mr. E. J. Tolan, 

 who stated that he lost one heifer three weeks after the Warner steers 

 came through; two years ago he lost thirteen on the same trail. Mr. 

 Nichols has lost ten or twelve head this year; Philip Cusis, five; Hutchin- 

 son, twenty, and most of his herd has been sick. He opened some of 

 those that died, and found the gall-bladders enormously distended and full 

 of dark, inspissated bile, and the spleens also enormously enlarged. All 

 those he opened presented similar appearances. The first animal that died 

 was his best and fattest cow; it occurred about the middle of July, 1888. 

 Previous to that some southern steers were seen in the hills, and two of 

 these mixed with his herd, and were with them for several days. Mr. Lin- 

 ton, manager of Warner's Ranch, informed Mr. Hutchinson that those Chi- 

 huahua steers were scattered from Colton to his ranch, some thirty or forty 

 being missing. Mr. Gregor, of Nigger Canon, lost ten head, some of those 

 steers also having appeared around his place. Mr. Brady, three miles 

 from Temecula, lost fifteen head. He said that Warner's steers came 



