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the llama alone was obliged to submit to the joke of man. 

 The Indians often travel with large herds of llamas to the 

 coast to fetch salt. Each day these journeys are very 

 short, for the llamas never feed after sunset, and are thus 

 obliged to graze while journeying, or to rest for several 

 hours. While reposing they utter a peculiar low tone, 

 which at a distance resembles the sound of an ^Eolian 

 harp. 



13. "A loaded herd of llamus traversing the high 

 table-lands affords an interesting spectacle. Slowly and 

 stately they proceed, casting inquisitive glances on every 

 side. On seeing any strange object which excites fears, 

 they immediately scatter in every direction, and their 

 poor drivers have great difficulty to gather the herd. The 

 Indians, who are very fond of these animals, decorate 

 their ears with ribbons, hang little bells about their necks, 

 and always caress them before placing the burden on their 

 back. When one of them drops from fatigue, they kneel 

 at its side and strive to encourage it for further exertion 

 by a profusion of flattering epithets and gentle warn- 

 ings." 



14. The musk-deer, about the size of a half-grown 

 common deer, is remarkable on account of the entire ab- 

 sence of horns, and because, though a ruminant, it has, in 

 the upper jaw of the males, canine teeth. It is a beauti- 

 ful little creature, inhabiting the mountainous districts of 

 Siberia, China, and Thibet. Its name is derived from the 

 pouch which it carries filled with the perfume of musk. 



15. Mr. Wilson says of it : " This persecuted little 

 animal would probably have been left to pass a life of 

 peace and quietness in its native forests, but for the cele- 

 brated perfume with which Nature has provided it. Its 

 skin being worthless from its small size, the flesh alone 

 would hold out no inducement to hunt it while larger 



