ction,
and are with difficulty reunited. The Indians treat them kindly,
ornamenting their ears with ribbons, and hanging little bells about
their necks. When any of them, over-fatigued, fall to the ground, their
conductors endeavour by every gentle means to induce them to proceed.
In spite, however, of the kind treatment they receive, numbers, from the
heat of the coast region, which they cannot stand, annually perish.

When offended, the llama shows its anger by turning its head at its
driver, and discharging a saliva with a bad odour in his face. It is
about the size of the stag. It carries its long neck upright,
constantly moving its long ears. The animals vary in colour. Some are
of a light brown, the under part being whitish; others dappled; but they
are seldom found quite white or black. In consequence of the
introduction of the mule and horse into the country, which have
superseded them in many places as beasts of burden, their price seldom
exceeds three or four dollars. The flesh of the llama is eaten; and as
many as 4,000,000 were, in days gone by, annually killed for food.

THE ALPACA.

The alpaca is smaller than the llama, and somewhat resembles the sheep.
It has a long, soft, fine fleece of a silky lustre. In the domestic
breeds the wool falls in large flakes reaching down to the knees. This
wool was employed by the ancient Peruvians for weaving a kind of cloth.
It approximates in character to silk, and a large quantity is now
exported to Europe for the manufacture of shawls and other delicate
fabrics. Immense herds of the llama or alpaca were held by the Peruvian
government, and placed under the protection of herdsmen, who conducted
them from one quarter of the country to another, according to the
season. They were exclusively the property of the Incas; as were the
vicunas, which roam in native freedom over the frozen ranges of the
Cordilleras.

THE HUANUCU.

The huanucu is considerably larger than the llama, which it so much
resembles, that it was formerly considered to be the same animal in a
wild state. The body is brown, with the under parts white; the face is
of a blackish-grey, approaching to white about the lips. The fleece is
shorter and not so fine as that of the llama. The huanucus are very
shy, and only when caught young can they be tamed--and even then they
can rarely be induced to carry burdens. They generally live in small
troops of from five to seven. Not unfrequently t