146 TRICHOLOGIA MAMMALIUM; 
properties are not very great. But as the Camel is, in other respects, a highly useful 
animal, it might be as well to try to domesticate it in the United States. 
Or THE Lama, (AncHnENIA,) “CamMeL or THE New Wortp,” or Epwarps.—This 
animal belongs to the tribe ‘‘ Camel,” of the section “ without horns,” of the eighth order, 
viz: ‘“Ruminantia;’? Camelus Glama, of Linn., and Lama of Buff. He is about 4 feet 
high; his body, comprehending his head and neck, 5 feet 6 inches—the neck alone being 
nearly 3 feet. Peru is said to be his native country, where his race is found in the 
greatest abundance, and is much esteemed for the flesh as well as the pile, which latter 
is converted into beautiful clothing. The Lama is also used as a beast of burthen, being 
very strong and sure-footed. He will travel with 200 to 250 pounds weight upon his 
back. In the time of Bolivar, upwards of 300,000 of these animals were employed at the 
mines of Potosi.* Some Lamas are black, others brown; and a white one (probably an 
Albino, (was exhibited at the London Zéological Garden. The one from which our speci- 
mens of pile were taken, was shown at the Zéological Institute in Philadelphia, in 1548. 
It was brown, paler on the under parts. ‘The Lama is not as long lived as the Camel— 
his existence being limited to 15 or 20 years. : 
Examination and Description of the Pile of the Lama.—The Pile of the Chest—Length, 
Ll inches; shape, oval; diameter, 51°, of a millimeter by ;7,; color, light brown; no 
lustre; inclination, straight. 
Ductility, Elasticity and Tenacity of one inch.— 
With 170 grains it stretched 4, of an inch, elasticity entire. 
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“* 1,220 “ broke. Fracture, abrupt. 
* Lamas are still used in Peru as beasts of burthen. At the Salines, near Huacho, they are employed in carrying lumps 
of solid salt—each one carrying. 100 pounds on his back. (Tsehudi’s Travels in Peru.) 
