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spike and much of their contents was loose in the cavity. The 

 small bowels were highly inflamed and showed a dark purplish 

 red. In the omentum I found over a dozen of the hydatid 

 cysts. One corner of one lung was badly congested; the horns 

 were large, but still in velvet. It was still in red coat, but this 

 was much bleached, very scanty, and harsh. It was miserably 

 thin and poor; and I wondered that it could continue to live 

 with so many ailments. 



September 21, Wilson's Flat-tops. J. B. shot a fine, fat 

 buck. It weighed 243I pounds. Its right hind leg had been 

 broken in the middle of the shank (metatarsus) and healed in 

 a clumsy knob. This Deer seemed quite healthy, but I found 

 in the fat on the bowels 5 of the hydatid cysts. 



September 25, Wilson's Flat-tops. Found a male fawn, 

 dead about a week. In blue coat and fine condition, the only 

 wound a small hole in the belly just under the loose flank. 

 Possibly made by a buck's horn. I did not dissect it. 



September 26, Wilson's Flat-tops, Col. Down by Deer 

 Creek I found a female fawn, evidently dead about a week. 

 It was in full blue coat and fine condition. Its right eye was 

 bloody and there was blood at its nose as though it had been 

 killed by a blow, but its neck was not broken. It was much 

 blown up with gas. I did not dissect it. Goff says that at this 

 season many die of a "bloat." 



September 27, Wilson's Flat-tops. W. P. shot a young 

 buck; it weighed 150I pounds. It had no diseases or para- 

 sites, but the hoofs of the front feet were much splintered and 

 broken, nearly an inch lacking on each. 



October i, Wilson's Flat-tops. G. G. S. shot a large 

 buck; it weighed 21 5 j pounds; was in good condition; the 

 only sign of disease was a small body like a black bean in the 

 omentum, but it had been snagged twice, once slightly in the 

 breast and once very deeply in the ham. It had a front leg 

 broken, but that was now healed. 



Finally, a curious case was shown me by E. Carter, of 

 Breckenridge, in October, 1899. In 1887 one Eli Loback had 

 killed a Blacktail in Egeria Park, Col. On being skinned, it 



