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sisted all the attempts of the patient natives to reduce it to a state of 

 domestication. It is extremely active and sure-footed in its mountain 

 home, and, being equally timid and wary, is seldom captured in a living 

 state. It lives in herds near the region of perpetual snow, and in its 

 habits bears some resemblance to the chamois. The short, soft, silken 

 fur of this animal is very valuable. The color of the Vicugna is a 

 nearly uniform brown, tinged with yellow on the back, and fading 



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into gray on the abdomen. Its height at the shoulder is about two 

 feet six inches. 



The GuANACO is spread over a very wide range of country, extend- 

 ing over the whole of the temperate regions of Patagonia. The color 

 of this species is a reddish brown, the ears and hind-legs gray. The 

 neck is long in comparison with the size of the body, and the height at 

 the shoulder is about three feet six inches. 



The Guanaco lives in herds varying from ten to thirty or forty, but 

 is sometifnes seen in flocks of much greater numbers, resembling sheep 

 not only in their gregarious habits, but in the implicit obedience with 

 which they rely upon their leader. Should they be deprived of his 

 guardianship, they become so bewildered that they run aimlessly from 

 spot to spot, and can easily be destroyed by experienced hunters. 



