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I left Cuyamaca to trace up the infection on Warner's ranch, and 

 on my way passed through the San Felipe ranch, which adjoins 

 Warner's, and I found they had lost 3 head, and attributed their loss 

 to black leg. During one year, they informed me, they had lost a 

 considerable number with black leg, in fact it was of annual occur- 

 rence. I now crossed the Warner ranch for the second time. I 

 passed through the center of the Chihuahua steers, all of which, as 

 well as the natives, seemed in splendid condition, no deaths having 

 occurred since my first visit In following the trail of those cattle 

 the first place I reached was Oak Grove, owned by Mr. Studsbaker, 

 who informed me that the Warner steers passed through his place 

 and up to the present no deaths have occurred, but that 1 of his cows 

 was sick and passing bloody urine. He said, also, that one of the 

 Warner steers had mixed with the herd. From here I proceeded to 

 Temecula, and found that a great number of cattle had died around 

 this place. Here I interviewed the following-named gentlemen : 



Mr. E. J. Talan stated that he had lost 1 heifer three weeks after 

 the Warner ranch cattle passed, and that two years ago he lost 13 

 head on the same trail. Mr. Nickels, I was informed, lost 10 or 12, 

 and Mr. Philip Cases lost 5 head. I went to Mr. Hutchinson's dairy 

 farm, and he informed me that he had lost about 20 head of dairy 

 cows, and that most of his herd had been sick. He opened some of 

 those that died and found the gall-bladders enormously distended 

 and full of dark-green inspissated gall, and the spleen enormously 

 enlarged. All those he opened presented similar appearances. The 

 first animal that died was his best and fattest cow, which occurred, 

 as near as he could remember, in the middle of July. Previous to 

 that some long-horned steers were seen on the adjoining hills, and two 

 of them came down and mixed with his herd, and were with them for 

 several days. Mr. Linton, manager of the Warner ranch, informed 

 Mr. Hutchinson that those Chihuahua steers were scattered from 

 Colton to his ranch, some 30 or 40 being missing. 



Mr. Gibson, at Niger Caflon, 5 miles above Temecula, lost 10 head, 

 some of those roving steers also having appeared around his place. 

 Mr. Brady, 3 miles from Temecula, lost 15 head, and he also said 

 that the Warner steers came through in August, and that his cattle 

 began to die before they came through, and a Mr. Hutchinson in- 

 formed me that long-horned steers were seen on the hills around Te- 

 macula as early as the 6th of July. They could not have been strag- 

 glers from those that went through in August. 



Having gained all the information I could at Temecula, and the 

 evidence being somewhat conflicting, I now proceeded to the Santa 

 Margarita ranch, leaving the Warner trail, as I was informed other 

 trails came through Temecula, some of the cattle going to Santa 

 Margarita, and others to the coast ranches around San Juan de Capis- 

 trano and Santa Ana. Mr. O'Neil, of the Santa Margarita ranch, in- 

 formed me that when the Chihuahua steers, sold to Governor Downey, 

 were pastured on the Castile ranch, 15 miles from Colton, he went to 

 see them, but declined to purchase. 



On the 12th day of July, 1888, I delivered cattle to Hardy, of 'San Diego, and he 

 informed me that he had seen long-horned stragglers at Temecula. 



This seems to coincide with the date of the death of Mr. Hutchin- 

 son's cattle. .He also said that Colonel Taylor brought cattle from 

 Texas to Cuyamaca and Penasquitos, some of which were of a high 

 grade, and that two years ago they died. The Texans, in Ms opin- 



