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ALPACA. 



extent of country. Lightly bounding and graceful 

 creatures, they seem in character with the beautiful 

 vegetable productions of their native regions, Peru 

 and the Brazils. 



THE ALPACA. 



The pomegranate and the lemon, the orange and 

 the fig-tree, the citron and the cocoa, which grow 

 luxuriantly in these countries, are well known to 

 the inhabitants of Britain, and require no particular 

 description here, but we shall dwell more at length 

 on the wallaba, and Peruvian bark. The first is 

 common in the woods; it is a resinous tree, some- 

 what resembling mahogany. 



Trees yielding the Jesuit's bark grow generally 

 in the interior of Peru. They rise to a commanding 

 height on the mountains of Quito, tapering upwards 



