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there is a man on one of them, if the beast is tired, and 

 urged to go on, he turns his head around, and discharges 

 his saliva, which has an unpleasant odor, into the rider's 

 face. 



6. " These animals are of great use and profit to their 

 masters, for their wool is very good and fine, particularly 

 that of the species called pacas, which have very long 

 fleeces. And the expense of their food is trifling, as a 



The Paca. 



iiandful of maize suffices them, and they can go four or 

 five days without water. Their flesh is as good as that of 

 the fat sheep of Castile." These animals were domes- 

 ticated from a remote antiquity, as is evident from the 

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