3 8o HOOFED ANIMALS 



the male Llamas were pack animals, the females being kept 

 for the sake of their milk and flesh. A long file of Llamas 

 would traverse the broken mountain steeps, the highest 

 passes, and narrow ledges of precipitous rocks with remark- 

 able surefootedness. 



In disposition the Llama is much like the Camel. It will 

 only go at its own speed, and will frequently sulk and lie 

 down if it consider its load is too heavy. Rather a remarkable 

 characteristic of the Llama family is that of spitting in the 

 faces of persons with whom an animal is annoyed. If a 



STOMACH OF THE LLAMA. 

 a. b. Water Cells. 



man is riding one of the animals and the Llama feels tired, 

 it turns its head round and discharges a mouthful of 

 offensive saliva into the rider's face. Visitors to zoological 

 gardens have often experienced unpleasant proof of this 

 objectionable habit. 



ALPACA (Lama pacos). 



The covering of the Alpaca, more often brown or black 

 than in the Llama, differs from that of the latter very much 

 as does the wool of the sheep from the hair of the goat. 



