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field July loth had suffered a loss of one hundred head, and the autop- 

 sies showed anthrax clearly, in the general condition of the organs, and 

 under the microscope the anthrax germ. Autopsies herewith inclosed. 

 Two horses were examined, and anthrax found. Autopsies also in- 

 closed. At this place the Spanish residents are in the habit of eating 

 the meat of the dead animals after 'jerking' it, and the local physician 

 reports fourteen deaths among their children from putrid sore throat; 

 caused, he says, by eating this diseased meat. Quantities of it are being 

 shipped to San Francisco, and this fact I have reported to the Board of 

 Health there. Proper action will be taken. 



" Diligent search was made for the history of the causes leading to 

 these outbreaks, but the shortness of the time given for investigation 

 rendered it impossible to gather reliable data. From all the facts 

 attainable, I am of the opinion that there is a considerable area in this 

 State that is permanently infected with the germs of splenic fever. The 

 Salinas Valley, where this outbreak occurred, was visited last winter by 

 cold sufficient to freeze the ground to the depth of an inch. Certainly 

 this would kill the fever germs. Many cattle have been brought in this 

 year from the San Joaquin Valley and other parts of the State, to feed 

 on the stubble, but none can be found that came from Texas ; or other 

 southern points east of the Rockies. I am not prepared to say definitely 

 that the Texas fever originated here, but there is much to induce the 



belief. 



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" I send you specimens of the work done in the field, from which you 

 can verify our work. The situation here is so serious that it seems to 

 me you would be fully justified in detailing some one for a term of 

 months to ascertain all the facts in regard to the various diseases among 

 the domestic animals of the State, and, if possible, to locate the line of 

 Texas-fever infection." 



The results of Dr. Bowhill's investigations, so far as they relate to 

 Texas fever, are found in the following paragraphs from his report: 



" In accordance with instructions by telegraph, dated November 10, 

 1888, I proceeded to San Diego County, in this State, to investigate the 

 cattle disease there predominating. The result of my investigations I 

 herewith respectfully submit: 



" On my arrival at San Diego, finding that my written instructions 

 had not yet arrived, I thought it the better plan to inform myself on the 

 following points: (1) The direction in which the said diseases were 

 supposed to exist; (2) The ranches on which said cattle were dying; 

 (3) The health and condition of the cattle in San Diego County and its 

 surroundings. In the course of my inquiries I came in contact with 

 the following named gentlemen, from whom I elicited the appended 

 information: 



" The first gentleman I interviewed was Mr. George Sellwyn, of the 

 firm of Sellwyn & Allison, wholesale butchers. He said: 'I have been 

 twenty-three years in this county, and have known of the existence of 

 the disease for the past sixteen years. In the neighborhood of San Diego 

 it has been worse during the last three or four years. Some seasons the 

 disease predominates in one locality more than in another. This year 



