272 TENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONER. 



dreaded "foot and mouth " disease. There were no lesions in the organs 

 suggestive of Wildeseuche which was feared. All of the culture media inocu- 

 lated from the organs of these deer remained sterile. I was unable therefore 

 to find any evidence of an infectious disease among them. 



There are many reasons to suspect that the deer died from starvation. 

 The President of the Brown's Tract Guide Association, Mr. Richard Crego, 

 told us that the deaths during this past winter were not in excess of those 

 during former winters of like severity. 



Respectfully, 



V. A. Moore. 



