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from the amount of droppings, it must have been the rendezvous 

 of the herd. It was also the part where the rhododendron and 

 laurel were most plentiful, the latter making a dense, continuous 

 brush. 



I anticipate that, with change to fresh pastures and with acces- 

 sion of cooler weather and rains, there will not be any more trouble 

 with the herd. 



Very truly, George N. Kinnell. 



MoxROE Bridge, Sept. 22, 1900. 

 Cattle Commissioners. 



Dear Sirs : — I have just returned from inspecting a dead 

 yearling heifer of Geo. Brown's. H. C. Shippee has had two 

 die, which I did not see, as I did not know of it for several days ; 

 but Mr. Brown found his last night, and notified me. Upon 

 opening it, I found the throat near the windpipe black and putrid ; 

 the heart black, with no blood in it, — a little nasty water ; the 

 lungs of an ink color, a thin fluid flowing from them when cut 

 into ; the paunch discharging quite a quantity of very offensive 

 watery matter. I think the case requires an investigation by 

 some one of more experience. If one of your board will come, 

 will meet you at Monroe Bridge, upon notice when you will be 

 there. 



Very truly yours, D. H. Sherman, Inspector. 



Greenfield, Mass., Oct. 3, 1900. 

 Dr. Austin Peters, Boston, Mass. 



Dear Sir: — I wrote D. H. Sherman, inspector, Monroe Bridge, 

 and made a date to meet him, but, owing to its being so very 

 mountainous, I did not reach Monroe Bridge on time, and he had 

 gone. I then drove to Geo. Brown's place. Mr. Sherman had 

 been there that day. There has not been any more deaths. Mr. 

 Brown's yearling is the only death in this town of Monroe. Mr. 

 Shippee, who lost two animals, lives in Vermont, so I did not visit 

 him. 



The post-mortem that Mr. Sherman held on Mr. Brown's year- 

 ling was not for twenty-four hours or more after it died, and, as 

 these deaths were over ten days ago, I think probably the Brown 

 cow did not die of a contagious disease. 



Yours truly, M. L. Miner. 



The inspector of Salem reported some deaths among cows 

 pastured near a tannery, but, as the animals had been 

 removed and rendered before he reported to the commis- 



