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The llama varies in colour, but is generally of a sort 

 of white. His neck and legs are long. Fond of 

 company, when his pride is not touched he is easily 

 led, and it was no uncommon thing for the Spaniards, 

 when they first entered the country, to meet whole 















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SPANIARDS MEETING A CABAVAN OF LLAMAS 



caravans of llamas laden with silver ingots from the 

 mines of Potosi, travelling under the charge of a single 

 native. Indeed, it has been reckoned that fully 300,000 

 llamas were employed in this service. 



But though the wool of the llama was sometimes 

 used for rough kinds of cloth, it was not nearly so highly 

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