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His brother, D. Alvarado, of Cuerro, lost over 60 head last year, and 

 considered his losses due to Southern fever. 



I now left for Warner's ranch, and on my way I passed through the 

 El Cajon Valley, and was informed there was at present no sickness 

 or dea-.hs among the cattle, nor could. I discover signs of any. On 

 passing the Santa Marie ranch I was informed that they had lost 10 

 or 12 head, but attributed the loss to black leg. I interviewed a Mr. 

 Johnson, who lives 7 miles above this ranch, and he informed me 

 that in 1883 he lost 20 head of cattle out of a total of 60 head, and 

 attributed his loss to Southern fever. 



In the evening I arrived at Ballena, and next morning drove to the 

 Warner ranch, where I found that the manager, Mr. Linton, was not 

 at home, having gone to Julian, intending to continue his journey to 

 San Diego. I had a conversation with one of his men, who informed 

 me that they had lost over 100 head of cattle, that they ceased dying a 

 few days before my arrival, and a short time after the first frost, and 

 I therefore could not make an autopsy. I decided to go on to Julian 

 and personally interview Mr. Linton. This gentleman confirmed the 

 statements made by the man I had seen in the morning. He also 

 added that he purchased and brought some cattle from the San Felipe 

 ranch, which adjoins the Warner ranch. A little later ex-Go v- 

 eror .Downey, owner of the ranch, bought 400 Chihuahua steers, 

 shipped from Mexico to Colton by a man called Strausenbach, 

 that said cattle were delivered by Strausenbach on the Warner 

 ranch, and a short time after their arrival the natives began to die. 

 Mr. Linton ascribed the cause of these deaths to the arrival of the 

 San Felipe cattle. I found, however, that the other half of the San 

 Felipe cattle, purchased by Joseph Marks, merchant at Julian, and 

 removed by him to San Bernardino, remained perfectly healthy and 

 as yet have caused no disease among the other cattle at that point. 

 On the contrary, some of the San Felipe cattle on the Warner ranch 

 died soon after the advent of the 400 steers from Chihuahua, of 

 which none died. Mr. Linton described the symptoms of the disease 

 in the following manner : They hung their heads, had a staring 

 coat, and eyes somewhat sunken and staring, and voided in most 

 cases bloody urine. The fattest and best were first to die ; others 

 lingered for days and some eventually recovered. On opening some 

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

 liver of a red-brick color, and the gall-bladder full of dark-green 

 bile. There was absence of any dark stain to the flesh, which was, 

 if anything, brighter than usual. The Indians and half-breeds de- 

 voured the flesh of most of those that died without as yet having 

 experienced any bad effects, which could scarcely have been possible 

 had it been anthrax. Mr. Linton owned to having lost 100 head, but 

 I am inclined to think that he underestimated his loss, as his nephew 

 informed Mr. Bishop, his neighbor, and one of his men, who informed 

 me, that they had sold 150 hides, and that others were missing which 

 they did not find, placing the loss, in his opinion, between 180 and 

 190 head. 



From Julian I went to Governor Waterman's ranch, at Cuyamaca, 

 and on arrival was informed that a valuable Hereford bull had died 

 that morning after a short illness, and had been buried but a few 

 hours. I had it disinterred and made an autopsy, with the follow- 

 ing results: Spleen enormously enlarged, being three times its natural 

 size; capsule hypertrophied, and covered with white spots. On sec- 

 tion, the splenic pulp was disintegrated but still held its consistency, 



